بالم

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit वल्लभतम (vallabhatama). Cognate with Gujarati વાલમ (vālam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بالَم (bālamm (Hindi spelling बालम)

  1. lover, beloved
  2. husband

Further reading

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  • بالم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بالم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بالم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vallabhatama”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 666