بکم
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bək.kəm/
Noun
بَکَّم • (bakkam) m (Hindi spelling बक्कम)
- a tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), the sappanwood tree, source of a red dye
- a kite
- Synonym: پَتَن٘گ (pataṅg)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَکَّم (bakkam) | بَکَّم (bakkam) |
| oblique | بَکَّم (bakkam) | بَکَّموں (bakkamõ) |
| vocative | بَکَّم (bakkam) | بَکَّمو (bakkamo) |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bukm), from Arabic بُكْم (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم (ʔabkam).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊkm/
Adjective
بُکْم • (bukm) (Hindi spelling बुक्म)
Further reading
- “بکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بکم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “بکم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.