Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian الزام (ilzām), from Arabic إِلْزَام (ʔilzām). Cognate with Hindustani الزام / इलज़ाम (ilzām), Punjabi ਇਲਜ਼ਾਮ (ilazām).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /eldʒam/, [ˈel̪dʒam], /elzam/, [ˈelzam]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /eldʑam/, [ˈel̪dʑam], /elzam/, [ˈelzam]

Noun edit

এলজাম (elojam)

  1. calumny, slander, blame
    তাকে স্বার্থপরতা এলজাম দিল
    take śśarthoprotar elojam dil.
    He gave him the blame of selfishness.
    - Muhammad Mansuruddin

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