بام

See also: تام‎

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑm/

Noun

بام • (bâm) m

1. top of the house
2. roof
   • "Sandara"

     ‏ته چې په بام بندې ولاړه وې ته چا ته کتل. خلک زما په ننداره وو چې ما تا ته کتل‎

     When you [feminine] were standing on the roof, who were you looking at ? People were observing my spectacle that I was looking at you.

Declension

declension of بام

	singular		plural
direct	بام (bâm)		بامونه‎ (bâmuna)
oblique	بام (bâm)		بامونو‎ (bâmuno)
vocative	بامه‎ (bâma)		بامونو‎ (bâmuno)

Persian

Alternative forms

• بان‎ (bân), بون‎ (bun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [bɑːm]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [bɑːm]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [bɔːm]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [bɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [bɔm]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [بام]‎

Iranian: [بام]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	bām
Dari reading?	bām
Iranian reading?	bâm
Tajik reading?	bom

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾn /⁠bān⁠/, “roof, rooftop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to clothe, wear, put on”). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (vaŋhana), 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (vaŋhāna, “cover”).

Noun

Dari	بام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бом

بام • (bâm)

1. roof

Derived terms

• پشت‌بام‎ (pošt-e-bâm, “rooftop”)

Etymology 2

Noun

Dari	بام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бом

بام • (bâm)

1. dawn