Telugu

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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బాదం (bādaṁ)

  1. almond
    బాదం మీద ఉప్పు వేశారుī bādaṁ mīda uppu vēśāruOn this almond salt was put.