"malaun" meaning in English

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Noun

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}} [Template:root] 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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English religious slurs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English religious slurs: 53 47 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: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bhakt (english: in some contexts), kafir, maluan [misspelling]

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