Assamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian تمام (tamām), from Arabic تَمَام (tamām), from the root ت م م (t m m). Compare Bengali তামাম (tamam), Hindi तमाम (tamām).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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তামাম (tamam)

  1. a lot, plethora
    Synonym: বহুত (bohut)
    বিয়াখন তামাম মানুহ গৈছিল
    biakhonot tamam manuh goisil.
    A lot of people went to the marriage ceremony.
  2. (slang) Used in a sense when someone does something very efficiently.
    তই তামাম দিলি দেই!
    toi tamam dili dei!
    You have done the job very efficiently!

Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian تمام (tamām), from Arabic تَمَام (tamām), from the root ت م م (t m m). Compare Assamese তামাম (tamam), Hindi तमाम (tamām).

Adjective

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তামাম (tamam) (comparative আরও তামাম, superlative সবচেয়ে তামাম)

  1. all; entire; whole; complete.
    বিয়াটাতে তামাম মানুষ গিয়েছিল
    biẏaṭate tamam manuś giẏechilô
    All the people went to the marriage ceremony.
    ময়দানে হইল খাড়া তামাম ফউজ
    môẏdane hôilô khaṛa tamam fôuj
    The entire army stood in the field.
    - Syed Hamza
    Synonym: কুল (kul)

Noun

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তামাম (tamam)

  1. end; termination; completion.
    Synonyms: খতম (khotom), আখের (akher)
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