দালাল

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Assamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent).

Pronunciation

Noun

দালাল (dalal)

  1. broker, middleman

Declension

Derived terms

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَلّال (dallāl), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl, auctioneer, broker, middleman, agent). Compare Old Hindi दलाल (dalāla), Old Punjabi ਦਲਾਲੁ (dalālu).

Noun

দালাল (dalal)

  1. broker, agent
    • a. 16–18th c. CE, সতীশ চন্দ্র রায় , editor, পদকল্পতরু :
      মদন দালাল
      modon dalal
      Cupid the middleman

Descendants

  • Bengali: দালাল (dalal)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 433.