बादाम

See also: बादाम् and बदाम्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادام (bādām, “almond”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬 (wʾtʾm /⁠wādām⁠/). Cognate with Bengali বাদাম (badam), Gujarati બદામ (badām), Kannada ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi), Kashmiri बादाम (bādām) / بادام (bādām), Malayalam ബദാം (badāṁ), Marathi बदाम (badām), Nepali बदाम् (badām), Odia ବାଦାମ (badamô), Punjabi ਬਦਾਮ (badām), Telugu బాదం (bādaṁ)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.d̪ɑːm/, [bäː.d̪ä̃ːm]

Noun

बादाम • (bādām) m (Urdu spelling بادام)

1. almond

   वे हरा बादाम स्वादिष्ट होंगे ― ve harā bādām svādiṣṭ hoṅge ― these green almonds will be delicious

2. (regional) peanut

Declension

Declension of बादाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बादाम bādām	बादाम bādām
oblique	बादाम bādām	बादामों bādāmõ
vocative	बादाम bādām	बादामो bādāmo

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادام (bādām, “almond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːdaːm/

Noun

बादाम • (bādām) m (Perso-Arabic بادام)

1. almond

Alternative forms

• बादम (bādam)