কওম

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কউম (koum), কৌম (kōum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm). Cognate with Hindi क़ौम (qaum), Gujarati કૌમ (kaum), Punjabi ਕੌਮ (kaum).

Noun

কওম • (koōm)

1. community, nation, people

   গাইত কবিতা দিয়া কওমের গান

   gait kobita diẏa koōmer gan

   would sing with a poem, the song of the nation

   - Raushan Yazdani

Derived terms

• কওমি (koōmi)

Related terms

• একামত (ekamot)
• কায়েম (kaẏem)
• কেয়ামত (keẏamot)
• সিরাতুল মুস্তাকিম (śiratul mustakim)

 

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কওম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “কওম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh