વાલમ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वल्लभतम (vallabhatama). Cognate with Hindustani بالم / बालम (bālam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑ.ləm/
• Rhymes: -əm
• Hyphenation: વા‧લમ

Noun

વાલમ • (vālam) m

1. husband

   Synonyms: સ્વામી (svāmī), નાથ (nāth), પતિ (pati)

2. a lovely man
3. (Hinduism) Krishna

Related terms

• વલ્લભ (vallabh)
• વહાલું (vahālũ)

 

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vallabhatama”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 666