কওম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم‎ (qawm). Also spelt কউম (koum) or কৌম (kōum).

Noun

কওম • (koōm)

a community, nation
গাইত কবিতা দিয়া কওমের গান
gaitô kôbita diẏa kôomer gan
Would sing with a poem, the song of the nation
- Raushan Yazdani

Derived terms

কওমি (koōmi)

References

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

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