মামুলী

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মামুলি (mamuli)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معمولی (ma'mūlī), from معمول (ma'mūl) +‎ ـی (-ī), from Arabic مَعْمُول (maʕmūl, “normal, usual”, literally “(that which is) done or performed”). Cognate with Hindi मामूली (māmūlī), Punjabi ਮਾਮੂਲੀ (māmūlī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mamuli/, [ˈmamuliˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mamuli/, [ˈmamuliˑ]

Adjective

মামুলী • (mamuli) (comparative আরও মামুলী, superlative সবচেয়ে মামুলী)

1. ordinary, normal; common
2. insignificant, trivial, petty
3. banal, corny, stale

Related terms

• আমল (amol)
• এস্তেমাল (estemal)
• মামলা (mamola)