बक्कम
Hindi
Alternative forms
- बक़्क़म (baqqam)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bək.kəm/, [bɐk̚.kɐ̃m]
Noun
बक्कम • (bakkam) m (Urdu spelling بَکَّم)
- Tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) (sappanwood tree, source of a red dye)
- (rare) a kite
- Synonym: (more common) पतंग (pataṅg)
Declension
| 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, 2025.