बक्कम

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बक़्क़म (baqqam)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bək.kəm/, [bɐk̚.kɐ̃m]

Noun

बक्कम • (bakkam) m (Urdu spelling بَکَّم)

1. Tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) (sappanwood tree, source of a red dye)
2. (rare) a kite

   Synonym: (more common) पतंग (pataṅg)

Declension

Declension of बक्कम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बक्कम bakkam	बक्कम bakkam
oblique	बक्कम bakkam	बक्कमों bakkamõ
vocative	बक्कम bakkam	बक्कमो bakkamo

Further reading

• 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.