بالم

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ləm/
• Rhymes: -əm
• Hyphenation: با‧لَم

Noun

بالَم • (bālam) m (Hindi spelling बालम)

1. lover, beloved
2. husband

Further reading

• “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