"malaun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: malauns [plural]
Etymology: From Bengali মালাউন (malaun, “cursed”), which is from Arabic مَلْعُون (malʕūn), ultimately from the root ل ع ن (l-ʕ-n). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bn|মালাউন|t=cursed}} Bengali মালাউন (malaun, “cursed”), {{der|en|ar|مَلْعُون}} Arabic مَلْعُون (malʕūn), {{ar-root|ل ع ن|nocat=1}} ل ع ن (l-ʕ-n), {{root|en|ar|ل ع ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} malaun (plural malauns)
  1. (South Asia, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, politics) a Hindu person from Bangladesh. Tags: South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-malaun-en-noun-xyJpkl~H Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, South Asian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English religious slurs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English religious slurs: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Topics: government, politics
  2. (South Asia, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) a Hindu person in general. Tags: South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-malaun-en-noun-B7-vh7bV Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, South Asian English, English religious slurs Disambiguation of English religious slurs: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bhakt (english: in some contexts), kafir, maluan [misspelling]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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