আলামত

Bengali

Etymology

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Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)bor.

Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat)bor.

Bengali আলামত (alamot)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَامَت (alāmat), borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /alamɔt̪/, [ˈalamɔt̪], /alamot̪/, [ˈalamot̪]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /alamɔt̪/, [ˈalamɔt̪], /alamot̪/, [ˈalamot̪]

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Noun

আলামত • (alamot)

1. sign; evidence; testimony; proof

   একের পর এক কেয়ামতের আলামত হাজির হচ্ছে।

   eker por ek keẏamoter alamot hajir hocche.

   Signs of the day of judgement are appearing one after another.

   এ তো মৃত্যু আলামত।

   e tō mrittu alamot.

   This is the sign of death.

   - Syed Ali Ashraf

2. supernatural or unnatural event

   গাছের ওপরে সন্ন্যাসী তারা দেখিয়াছে আলামত

   gacher ōpore śonnnaśi tara dekhiẏache alamot

   On top of the tree, the sannyasis are watching the unnatural event

   - Bande Ali Mia

3. foreboding, apprehension

References

• “আলামত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
• “আলামত”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.