بکم

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (bakam).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bək.kəm/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /bək.kəm/

Noun

بَکَّم • (bakkam) m (Hindi spelling बक्कम)

Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan) (sappanwood tree, source of a red dye)
a kite
Synonym: پَتَن٘گ‎ (pataṅg)

Declension

Declension of بکم
	singular	plural
direct	بَکَّم‎ (bakkam)	بَکَّم‎ (bakkam)
oblique	بَکَّم‎ (bakkam)	بَکَّموں‎ (bakkamō̃)
vocative	بَکَّم‎ (bakkam)	بَکَّمو‎ (bakkamō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (bokm), from Arabic بُكْم‎ (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم‎ (ʔabkam).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊkm/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /bʊkm/

Adjective

بُکْم • (bukm) (Hindi spelling बुक्म)

mute (one who doesn't have the ability to speak)
Synonyms: گُون٘گا‎ (gūṅgā), مُوک‎ (mūk)

Further reading

“بکم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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.

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