बक्कम
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- बक़्क़म (baqqam)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
बक्कम • (bakkam) m (Urdu spelling بَکَّم)
- Tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) (sappanwood tree, source of a red dye)
- (rare) a kite
- Synonym: (more common) पतंग (pataṅg)
Declension[edit]
Declension of बक्कम (masc cons-stem)
Further reading[edit]
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बक्कम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बक़्क़म”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “बक्कम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.