Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بادم ‎(bâdem)

Noun

بادام • ‎(bâdâm)

1. almond

Persian

Alternative forms

• بادوم ‎(bâdum) (Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian wʾtʾm ‎(wādām).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑːˈd̪ɒ(ː)m]
• (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [bɑːˈd̪uːm]

Noun

بادام • ‎(bâdâm) ‎(plural بادام‌ها ‎(bâdâm-hâ))

1. almond

   بادام خوشمزه است.

   Bâdâm xošmazze ast.

   Almonds are delicious.

Descendants

• → Armenian: բադամ ‎(badam)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بادام ‎(bâdâm), بادم ‎(bâdem)
  • Turkish: badem
  • → Bulgarian: бадем ‎(badem)
  • → Crimean Tatar: badem
  • → Macedonian: badem ‎(badem)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bádem / ба́дем
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बादाम ‎(bādām)

  • → English: badam

  Urdu: بادام ‎(bādām)

• → Kurdish: باده‌م ‎(badem)
• → Malay: badam

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wādām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 85

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian بادام ‎(bâdâm).

Noun

بادام • ‎(bādām) m ‎(Hindi spelling बादाम)

1. almond