আওয়াম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), the plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “majority”) Cognate with Hindi अवाम (avām), Punjabi ਅਵਾਮ (avām).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ao̯am/, [ˈao̯am], /ao̯aːm/, [ˈao̯aːm]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ao̯am/, [ˈao̯am], /ao̯aːm/, [ˈao̯aːm]

Noun

আওয়াম • (aōẇam)

1. the public, masses
2. common folk

   Synonyms: জনতা (jonota), জনগণ (jongon)

Derived terms

• আওয়ামী (aōẇami)
  • আওয়ামী লীগ (aōẇami lig)