भाम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬪᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
  • ভাম (Assamese script)
  • ভাম (Bengali script)
  • 𑰥𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀪𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌭𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
  • ભામ (Gujarati script)
  • ਭਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦨꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
  • ភាម (Khmer script)
  • ಭಾಮ (Kannada script)
  • ຠາມ (Lao script)
  • ഭാമ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘥𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဘာမ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧅𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐨𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
  • ଭାମ (Odia script)
  • ꢩꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆨𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖥𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
  • භාම (Sinhalese script)
  • ப⁴ாம (Tamil script)
  • భామ (Telugu script)
  • ภาม (Thai script)
  • བྷཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒦𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₂-mos, from *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, shine”). Related to भास् (bhā́s) and भान (bhā́na).

Pronunciation

Noun

भाम • (bhā́ma) stem, m

  1. light, brightness, splendor
    Synonyms: भास् (bhā́s), भान (bhā́na)

Declension

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Descendants
  • Old Marathi: भांबा (bhāmba)
  • → Odia: ଭାମ (bhamô)
  • → Sinhalese: භාම (bhāma)
  • → Telugu: భామ (bhāma)

Further reading
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024), “bhāma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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