আকাম

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकर्म (akarma), which enters into Prakrit as অকাম, and remains unchanged in Bengali as অকাম (okam) or turns into আকাম. Alternatively, it can be formed by Bengali prefixation আ- (a-) +‎ কাম (kam, “work”). Doublet of অকর্ম (ôkôrmô).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kam/

Noun

আকাম • (akam)

1. misdeed, scandalous/condemnable act
2. (slang, derogatory) idleness, laziness, state of doing nothing

   সে সারাদিন আকাম করে।

   śe śaradin akam kôre.

   He does nothing all day.

Synonyms

• অপকর্ম (ôpôkôrmô)

Derived terms

• আকামা (akama), আকাইম্মা (akaimma)