মুসলমান
Bengali
Alternative forms
- মোসলমান (mōsolman)
- মুছলমান (mucholman), মোছলমান (mōcholman)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmân), itself from Arabic مُسْلِمُون (muslimūn), plural form of مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”). Compare Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسلمان (muslmān), Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Marathi मुसलमान (musalmān), Hindi मुसलमान (musalmān). Doublet of মুসলিম (muslim).
Pronunciation
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