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Bengali
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकाम (akāma). By surface analysis, অ- (o-) + কাম (kam).
Adjective
অকাম • (okam) (comparative আরও অকাম, superlative সবচেয়ে অকাম)
- having no wish or desire
- Synonym: অকাম্য (ôkammô)
- unwanted
- having no lust or urge for sex, unsensual
- Synonym: নিষ্কাম (niśkam)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकर्म (akarma), which enters into Prakrit as অকাম, and remains unchanged in Bengali or turns into আকাম (akam). Alternatively, it is formed by Bengali prefixation অ- (o-) + কাম (kam, “work”). Doublet of অকর্ম (ôkôrmô).
Noun
অকাম • (okam)
- misdeed, scandalous/condemnable act
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