মাল্লা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

Noun

মাল্লা • (malla) (objective মাল্লা (malla) or মাল্লাকে (mallake), genitive মাল্লার (mallar), locative মাল্লায় (mallaẏ))

sailor, boatman
Synonym: মাঝি (majhi)

Derived terms

মাহিমাল (mahimal)

References

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

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