এহরাম

Bengali

Alternative forms

• এহেরাম (eheram), ইহরাম (ihram)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian احرام, from Arabic إِحْرَام (ʔiḥrām)

Noun

এহরাম • (ehram) (objective এহরাম (ehoram) or এহরামকে (ehramke), genitive এহরামের (ehramer), locative এহরামে (ehrame))

1. (Islam) The state of ritual purity and dedication of a Muslim hajj pilgrim to Mecca.
2. (Islam) The clothing worn on such a pilgrimage; one length of cotton cloth around the loins and another thrown over the left shoulder.

   যতসব হাজিগণে তথা গিয়া বান্ধে এহেরাম।

   jôtôśôb hajigôṇe tôtha giẏa bandhe eheram.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Syed Sultan

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “এহ্‌রাম, ইহ্‌রাম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “এহরাম , এহেরাম , ইহরাম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh