চাকমা
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Bengali
Alternative forms
- চাঙমা (caṅma)
Etymology
Borrowed from Chakma 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄟 (cakma), 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 (caṅmha), from earlier သ𑄇𑄴𑄟 (sakma), from Sanskrit शक्तिमान (śaktimāna, literally “powerful”), composed of शक्ति (śakti, “power”) + -मान (-māna).
Pronunciation
Noun
চাকমা • (cakma)
- Any member of the Chakmas, an ethnic group of eastern Bangladesh and India
- (slang, somewhat derogatory) A person with an epicanthic fold