কওম

Bengali

Alternative forms

কউম (koum), কৌম (kōum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم (qawm). Cognate with Hindi क़ौम (qaum), Gujarati કૌમ (kaum), Punjabi ਕੌਮ (kaum).

Noun

কওম • (koōm)

community, nation, people
গাইত কবিতা দিয়া কওমের গান
gait kobita diẏa koōmer gan
would sing with a poem, the song of the nation
- Raushan Yazdani

Derived terms

কওমি (koōmi)

Related terms

একামত (ekamot)
কায়েম (kaẏem)
কেয়ামত (keẏamot)
সিরাতুল মুস্তাকিম (śiratul mustakim)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “কওম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “কওম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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