বাম

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Assamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

বাম (bam)

  1. shallow, not deep, of little depth
    Synonyms: তৰাং (toraṅ), তৰঙুৱা (toroṅua), তৰ (tor), অগভীৰ (ogobhir)
  2. high (land), not easily inundated

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाम (vāma). Doublet of বাঁ ().

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bam/, ,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bam/, ,

Adjective

বাম (bam) (comparative আরও বাম, superlative সবচেয়ে বাম)

  1. left
    Antonym: ডান (ḍan)
    তিনি বাম হাত দিয়ে লেখেন।
    tini bam hat diẏe lekhen.
    He writes with his left hand.

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit ৱাম (vāma).

Adjective

বাম (bamo)

  1. (direction) left
    সীতা কেশ বাম হাতে ধৰিলেক
    দক্ষিণৰ হাতে খাণ্ডা থিৱ কৰিলেক
    sītaro keśoto bamo hate dhorileko ,
    dokṣiṇoro hate khaṇḍa thiwo korileko .
    Held Sita's hair by (his) left hand,
    erected the sword in (his) right hand.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Assamese: বাওঁ (baü̃)