আকাম
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अकर्म (akarma), which enters into Prakrit as অকাম, and remains unchanged in Bengali as অকাম (okam) or turns into আকাম. Alternatively, it can be formed by Bengali prefixation আ- (a-) + কাম (kam, “work”). Doublet of অকর্ম (ôkôrmô).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
আকাম • (akam)
- misdeed, scandalous/condemnable act
- (slang, derogatory) idleness, laziness, state of doing nothing
Synonyms edit
- অপকর্ম (ôpôkôrmô)