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Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).
Pronunciation
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
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plural
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بَکَّم (bakkam)
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بَکَّم (bakkam)
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| oblique
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بَکَّم (bakkam)
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بَکَّموں (bakkamõ)
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| vocative
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بَکَّم (bakkam)
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بَکَّمو (bakkamo)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bukm), from Arabic بُكْم (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم (ʔabkam).
Pronunciation
Adjective
بُکْم • (bukm) (Hindi spelling बुक्म)
- mute (one who doesn't have the ability to speak)
- Synonyms: گونگا (gūṅgā), مُوک (mūk)
Further reading
- “بکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- 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.