মাহিমাল

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • মাইমল (maimol​)

Etymology

From ماهی‎ (māhī) and মাল্লা (malla), ultimately derived from Arabic مَلَّاح‎ (mallāḥ).

Noun

মাহিমাল • (mahimal) (objective মাহিমাল (mahimal) or মাহিমালকে (mahimaloke), genitive মাহিমালের (mahimaler), locative মাহিমালে (mahimale))

  1. A community of Bengali Muslim inland fisherman predominantly residing in the Surma and Barak valleys
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