দালাল

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Assamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

দালাল (dalal)

  1. broker, middleman

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Middle Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent). Compare Old Hindi दलाल (dalāla), Old Punjabi ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu).

Noun[edit]

দালাল (dalal)

  1. broker, agent
    • a. 16–18th c. CE, সতীশ চন্দ্র রায় [Satīsh Chandra Rāy], editor, পদকল্পতরু [Padakalpataru]:
      মদন দালাল
      modon dalal
      Cupid the middleman

Descendants[edit]

  • Bengali: দালাল (dalal)

Further reading[edit]

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 433.