padam

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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:
      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.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpadam/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧dam

Etymology 1

From Malay padam.

Verb

padam

  1. to extinguish (fire)
  2. to turn off (electronics)
Conjugation
Conjugation of padam (meng-, transitive)
Root padam
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active padam padamlah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 memadamkan dipadamkan padamkan padamkanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

padam

  1. extinguished
    Synonym: mati
    Apinya telah padam. ― The fire has been extinguished.
  2. quelled, crushed
    Synonym: reda
  3. calmed down, relaxed, cooled off
    Synonyms: reda, tenang

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit पद्म (padma).

Adjective

padam

  1. lotus-like
Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Verb

padam

  1. first-person singular present of padaś

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padəm (“to extinguish, douse a fire”).

Pronunciation

Verb

padam (Jawi spelling ڤادم)

  1. to extinguish (fire)
  2. to turn off (electronics)
  3. to erase (writings, markings, etc.)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: padam

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.dam/
  • Rhymes: -adam
  • Syllabification: pa‧dam

Verb

padam

  1. first-person singular present of padać
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