মেম

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ম্যাম (mêm), ম্যাডাম (mêḍam)

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, a contracted form of madam.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mem/, [ˈmeːm], [ˈmem], /mæm/, [ˈmæːm], [ˈmæm]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mem/, [ˈmeːm], [ˈmem], /mɛm/, [ˈmɛːm], [ˈmɛm]

Noun

মেম • (mem)

1. (honorific) ma'am, madam (historically used to refer to upper-class European women in colonial India)

Derived terms

• মেম সাহেব (mem śaheb)