জুলুম

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ظُلْم (zulm), from Arabic ظُلْم (ẓulm). Compare Hindustani ظُلْم / ज़ुल्म (zulm).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒulum/, [ˈd͡ʒulum], /zulum/, [ˈzulum], /d͡ʒulm/, [ˈd͡ʒulm], /zulm/, [ˈzulm]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑulum/, [ˈdʑulum], /zulum/, [ˈzulum], /dʑulm/, [ˈdʑulm], /zulm/, [ˈzulm]

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Noun

জুলুম • (julum)

1. oppression; persecution; annoyance

   জালিমে জুলুম কৈলে করিব সবর

   jalime julum kōile koribo śobor

   If the oppressor feigns oppression we shall be patient

   — Sayed Alawal

   Synonyms: জোরাজুরি (jōrajuri), অত্যাচার (ottacar)

Derived terms

• জুলুমকারী (julumkari)

Related terms

• জালিম (jalim)
• মজলুম (mojlum)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
• Atindra Mojumder (1981) “জুলুম”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 205