బాదం

Borrowed from Classical Persian بادام (bādām, “almond”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬 (wʾtʾm /⁠wādām⁠/). Cognate with Bengali বাদাম (badam), Gujarati બદામ (badām), Kannada ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi), Kashmiri बादाम (bādām) / بادام (bādām), Malayalam ബദാം (badāṁ), Marathi बदाम (badām), Nepali बदाम् (badām), Odia ବାଦାମ (bādāma), Punjabi ਬਦਾਮ (badām).

IPA^(key): /baːd̪am̃/

బాదం • (bādaṁ)

1. almond produced by the tree of Prunus amygdalus

   ఈ బాదం మీద ఉప్పు వేశారు ― ī bādaṁ mīda uppu vēśāru ― On this almond salt was put.

2. The tree that produces almonds.
3. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
   1. bitter almond. of variety Prunus amygdalus var. amara, (syn. Prunus dulcis var. amara), that only produces bitter fruits
   2. Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond

• బాదంచెట్టు (bādañceṭṭu, “almond tree”)
• బాదంకాయ (bādaṅkāya, “almond fruit”)
• బాదంపప్పు (bādampappu, “almond nut”)
• బాదంపాలు (bādampālu, “almond milk”)