Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, human), from آدَم (ʔādam, Adam). Cognate with Hindustani آدمی (ādmī) / आदमी (ādmī), Punjabi ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī).

Pronunciation

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ad̪omi/, [ˈad̪omiˑ]
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Noun

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আদমী (adomi)

  1. man, human being (in Islam, one from the progeny of Adam)
    মণিরামপুরের মাধববাবু আচ্ছা আদমি
    monirampurer madhobbabu accha adomi.
    Manirampur's Madhab Babu is a fine man.
    - Peary Chand Mitra
  2. husband
    আমার আদমি কথা টের পাল্যি আমাগো দুই জনকে গলা টিপা মেরে ফেলবে
    amar adomi ekotha ṭer palli amagō dui jonoke gola ṭipa mere phelbe.
    If my husband knows about this, we both are going to be strangled by him.
    - Michael Madhusudan Dutt
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