মোকাম

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Middle Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃ma), Old Punjabi ਮੁਕਾਮੁ (mukāmu).

Noun[edit]

মোকাম (mōkam)

  1. residence, dwelling

Descendants[edit]

  • Bengali: মোকাম (mōkam)

Further reading[edit]

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 781.