কসম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qasam), from Arabic قَسَم (qasam). Compare Hindi क़सम (qasam).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /qɔsom/, [qɔsom]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /qɔsom/, [qɔsom]
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Noun

কসম • (kosom)

oath, swearing
কসম করা; কসম কাটা ― qôsom kora; qôsom kaṭa ― to swear, take an oath
- মাশুকের বাহু ছাড়ায়ে আশিক় কসম করিছে হবে শহীদ
  maśuker bahu chaṛaẏe aśiq qôsôm kôriche hôbe śôhīd
  Having let go of his beloved’s arm the lover hath sworn he would be a martyr
  - Kazi Nazrul Islam

Derived terms

আল্লার কসম (allar kôsôm)
কসমাকসমি (kôsmakôsmi)
খোদার কসম (khodar kôsôm)

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