बदाम

See also: बदाम्, बादाम, and बादाम्

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادام (bādām), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬 (wʾtʾm /⁠wādām⁠/). Cognate with Bengali বাদাম (badam), Gujarati બદામ (badām), Hindi बादाम (bādām), Kashmiri बादाम् (bādām) / بادام (bādām), Nepali बदाम् (badām), Odia ବାଦାମ (badamô), Punjabi ਬਦਾਮ (badām), Malayalam ബദാം (badāṁ), Tamil பாதாம் (pātām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.d̪am/

Noun

बदाम • (badām) m

1. almond
2. (card games) hearts

Declension

Declension of बदाम (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	बदाम badām
direct plural	बदाम badām
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	बदाम badām		बदाम badām
oblique सामान्यरूप	बदामा badāmā		बदामां- badāmān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	बदामाला badāmālā		बदामांना badāmānnā
ergative	बदामाने, बदामानं badāmāne, badāmāna		बदामांनी badāmānnī
instrumental	बदामाशी badāmāśī		बदामांशी badāmānśī
locative सप्तमी	बदामात badāmāt		बदामांत badāmāt
vocative संबोधन	बदामा badāmā		बदामांनो badāmānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of बदाम (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	बदामाचा badāmāċā	बदामाचे badāmāċe	बदामाची badāmācī	बदामाच्या badāmācā	बदामाचे, बदामाचं badāmāċe, badāmāċa	बदामाची badāmācī	बदामाच्या badāmācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	बदामांचा badāmānċā	बदामांचे badāmānċe	बदामांची badāmāñcī	बदामांच्या badāmāncā	बदामांचे, बदामांचं badāmānċe, badāmānċa	बदामांची badāmāñcī	बदामांच्या badāmāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• बदामी (badāmī)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “बदाम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “बदाम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बदाम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).