padam

See also: падам

English

Etymology

Probably from Tamil பதம் (patam).

Noun

padam (plural padams)

1. in Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance
   • 2009, Richard Wolff, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond

     The dance-drama students will have already learned their roles in the padams, without music, in group “sitting classes” in the dance-drama kal·aris; in theory they would have to perform these padams in sitting classes perfectly rehearsing with musicians in the colliyattam studio

   • 2007, Sruti (magazine)

     The best way to express our indebtedness to the Brinda-Muktha legacy would be to include a padam or javali in concerts

   • 2003, Phillip Zarrilli, Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play

     This first delivery of the line of a padam might best be described as a 'pre-acting' of the line. It establishes the general mood.

Anagrams

• DMAPA, Padma, padma

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Indonesian

Verb

1. to extinguish (fire)
2. to turn off (electronics)

Derived terms

• memadamkan
• padamkan
• pemadam
• pemadaman

 

Adjective

1. extinguished

   Apinya telah padam.

   The fire has been extinguished.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpadam]

Verb

padam

1. first-person singular present of padaś

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dam/

Verb

padam

1. first-person singular present of padać