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malaun

malaun noun: a Hindu person from Bangladesh and India.

Noun

malaun (plural malauns)

  1. (Bangladesh, South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) a Hindu person from Bangladesh and India.
    • And then there comes the word ‘Malaun.’ For many Bangladeshi Muslims, Malaun is synonymous to Hindu. Owing to the wide usage of the word since the Partition of 1947, especially after the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, people have almost forgotten Malaun is a derogatory word.2017, WIO Newshttps://www.wionews.com/south-asia/neighbours-but-not-loved-15026
  2. (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic) a Hindu person in general.

Synonyms of malaun

Forms of malaun

pluralmalauns
alternative formmaluan

Origin of malaun

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

Questions about malaun

What does malaun mean?
Malaun means a Hindu person from Bangladesh and India.
What part of speech is malaun?
Malaun is a noun.
What is the plural of malaun?
The plural of malaun is malauns.

Words near malaun in the dictionary

  1. malathion
  2. malathions
  3. Malati
  4. Malatya
  5. Malaubang
  6. malaun
  7. Malaunay
  8. malauns
  9. Malavar
  10. Malave
  11. Malavedan

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