চাকমা
Bengali edit
Alternative forms edit
- চাঙমা (caṅma)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chakma 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄟 (cakma), 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 (caṅmha), from earlier သ𑄇𑄴𑄟 (sakma), from Sanskrit शक्तिमान (śaktimāna, literally “powerful”), composed of शक्ति (śakti, “power”) + -मान (-māna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
চাকমা • (cakma)
- Any member of the Chakmas, an ethnic group of eastern Bangladesh and India
- (slang, somewhat derogatory) A person with an epicanthic fold