English Explanatory Dictionary

malaun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a Hindu person from Bangladesh.
  2. a Hindu person in general.

Word forms

malaun malauns maluan

Etymology

From Bengali মালাউন (malaun, “cursed”), which is from Arabic مَلْعُون (malʕūn), ultimately from the root ل ع ن (l ʕ n).

Synonyms

bhakt kafir
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