আদমী

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آدمی (ādamī), from Arabic آدَمِيّ (ʔādamiyy, “human”), from آدَم (ʔādam, “Adam”). Cognate with Hindustani آدمی (ādmī) / आदमी (ādmī), Punjabi ਆਦਮੀ (ādamī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ad̪omi/, [ˈad̪omiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ad̪omi/, [ˈad̪omiˑ]

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Noun

আদমী • (adomi)

1. man, human being (in Islam, one from the progeny of Adam)

   মণিরামপুরের মাধববাবু আচ্ছা আদমি।

   monirampurer madhobbabu accha adomi.

   Manirampur's Madhab Babu is a fine man.

   - Peary Chand Mitra

2. husband

   আমার আদমি একথা টের পাল্যি আমাগো দুই জনকে গলা টিপা মেরে ফেলবে।

   amar adomi ekotha ṭer palli amagō dui jonoke gola ṭipa mere phelbe.

   If my husband knows about this, we both are going to be strangled by him.

   - Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Related terms

• আদম (adom)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “আদম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “আদম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh