English
malaun
Malaun comes from Bengali মালাউন ‘cursed’, and goes back to Arabic مَلْعُون.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلْعُونmalʕūn‘cursed, damned’
- Bengalimodernমালাউনmalaun‘cursed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017malaun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَلْعُونmalʕūn‘cursed, damned’
- Bengalimodernমালাউনmalaun‘cursed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017malaun
Earliest quotation: 2017, WIO Newshttps://www.wionews.com/south-as: “And then there comes the word ‘Malaun.’ For many…”
Every English word from Arabic مَلْعُون
Today it means
noun a Hindu person from Bangladesh and India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَلْعُون / malaun