بام

See also: تام‎

Pashto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑm/

Noun

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.

Declension
declension of بام
singular plural
direct بام
(bâm)		 بامونه‎
(bâmuna)
oblique بام
(bâm)		 بامونو‎
(bâmuno)
vocative بامه‎
(bâma)		 بامونو‎
(bâmuno)

Persian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? bām
Dari reading? bām
Iranian reading? bâm
Tajik reading? bom
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Etymology 1

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”).

Noun
Dari بام
Iranian Persian
Tajik бом

بام • (bâm)

  1. roof
Derived terms
  • پشت‌بام‎ (pošt-e-bâm, “rooftop”)

Noun
Dari بام
Iranian Persian
Tajik бом

بام • (bâm)

  1. dawn
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