Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English ma'am, a contracted form of madam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /mem/, [ˈmeːm], [ˈmem], /mæm/, [ˈmæːm], [ˈmæm]
- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mem/, [ˈmeːm], [ˈmem], /mɛm/, [ˈmɛːm], [ˈmɛm]
মেম • (mem)
- (honorific) ma'am, madam (historically used to refer to upper-class European women in colonial India)
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