মোকাম

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মোকাম (mōkam), from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃ma), Old Punjabi ਮੁਕਾਮੁ (mukāmu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mokam/, [ˈmokam]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mokam/, [ˈmokam]

Noun

মোকাম • (mōkam)

1. residence, dwelling house; trading station; station; address

Inflection

Inflection of মোকাম
nominative	মোকাম mōkam
objective	মোকাম / মোকামকে mōkam (semantically general or indefinite) / mōkamke (semantically definite)
genitive	মোকামের mōkamer
locative	মোকামে mōkame
	Indefinite forms
nominative	মোকাম mōkam
objective	মোকাম / মোকামকে mōkam (semantically general or indefinite) / mōkamke (semantically definite)
genitive	মোকামের mōkamer
locative	মোকামে mōkame
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	মোকামটা , মোকামটি mōkamṭa (colloquial), mōkamṭi (formal)		মোকামগুলা, মোকামগুলো mōkamgula (colloquial), mōkamgulo (formal)
objective	মোকামটা, মোকামটি mōkamṭa (colloquial), mōkamṭi (formal)		মোকামগুলা, মোকামগুলো mōkamgula (colloquial), mōkamgulo (formal)
genitive	মোকামটার, মোকামটির mōkamṭar (colloquial), mōkamṭir (formal)		মোকামগুলার, মোকামগুলোর mōkamgular (colloquial), mōkamgulor (formal)
locative	মোকামটাতে / মোকামটায়, মোকামটিতে mōkamṭate / mōkamṭay (colloquial), mōkamṭite (formal)		মোকামগুলাতে / মোকামগুলায়, মোকামগুলোতে mōkamgulate / mōkamgulay (colloquial), mōkamgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মোকাম”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]

Middle Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقام (muqām), from Arabic مُقَام (muqām). Compare Old Hindi मुकांम (mukā̃ma), Old Punjabi ਮੁਕਾਮੁ (mukāmu).

Noun

মোকাম (mōkam)

1. residence, dwelling

Descendants

• Bengali: মোকাম (mōkam)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 781.