بدرام

Persian

Alternative forms

• پدرام (padrâm)

Etymology

An old compound:

• From Proto-Indo-European *per-, *próti, *préti. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (paⁱti, “against”), Sanskrit प्रति (prati, “against”).

• From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-. Compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ramaⁱti), Sanskrit रमते (ramate).

Folk etymology links it to بد (bad, “bad”) and رام (râm), which is wrong.

Adjective

بدرام • (badrâm)

1. wild
2. undomesticated