ਕਤਲਾਮ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • ਕਤਲੇਆਮ (katleāma)

Etymology

From Persian قتل عام‎ (qatl-e 'âmm, “general murder”). Equivalent to ਕਤਲ (katal, “murder”) +‎ ਆਮ (āma, “common, general”).

Noun

ਕਤਲਾਮ • (katlām) m

  1. massacre, bloodbath, butchery, carnage, pogrom

Further reading
  • “ਕਤਲਾਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
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