بام

• IPA^(key): /bɑm/

بام • (bâm) m

1. top of the house
2. roof
   • "Sandara"

     ‏ته چې په بام بندې ولاړه وې ته چا ته کتل. خلک زما په ننداره وو چې ما تا ته کتل‎

     When you [feminine] were standing on the roof, who were you looking at ? People were observing my spectacle that I was looking at you.

• بان‎ (bân), بون‎ (bun)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /bɑːm/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /bɒːm/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /bɒːm/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /bɔːm/

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾn /bān/, “roof, rooftop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to clothe, wear, put on”). Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (vaŋhana), 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬥𐬀‎ (vaŋhāna, “cover”).

بام • (bâm)

1. roof

• پشت‌بام‎ (pošt-e-bâm, “rooftop”)

بام • (bâm)

1. dawn