নিলাম

Bengali

Etymology

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Arabic أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama)

Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)bor.

Portuguese leilãobor.

Bengali নিলাম (nilam)

Borrowed from Portuguese leilão, borrowed from Arabic إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām), from أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /nilam/, [ˈnilam]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /nilam/, [ˈnilam]

Noun

নিলাম • (nilam)

1. auction (a public event where goods are sold through bidding)