بکم

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bakam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bək.kəm/

Noun

بَکَّم • (bakkam) m (Hindi spelling बक्कम)

1. a tree of species Biancaea sappan (syn. Caesalpinia sappan), the sappanwood tree, source of a red dye
2. a kite

   Synonym: پَتَن٘گ (pataṅg)

Declension

Declension of بکم
	singular	plural
direct	بَکَّم (bakkam)	بَکَّم (bakkam)
oblique	بَکَّم (bakkam)	بَکَّموں (bakkamõ)
vocative	بَکَّم (bakkam)	بَکَّمو (bakkamo)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بکم (bukm), from Arabic بُكْم (bukm), common plural of أَبْكَم (ʔabkam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊkm/

Adjective

بُکْم • (bukm) (Hindi spelling बुक्म)

1. mute (one who doesn't have the ability to speak)

   Synonyms: گونگا (gūṅgā), مُوک (mūk)

Further reading

• “بکم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بکم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بکم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.