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Meaning of malaun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. a Hindu person from Bangladesh.
    South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
  2. a Hindu person in general.
    South-Asia, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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