भाम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাম (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
• ভাম (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာမ (Burmese script)
• ભામ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಮ (Kannada script)
• ភាម (Khmer script)
• ຠາມ (Lao script)
• ഭാമ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଭାମ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
• භාම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ாம (Tamil script)
• భామ (Telugu script)
• ภาม (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₂-mos, from *bʰeh₂- (“to glow, shine”). Related to भास् (bhā́s) and भान (bhā́na).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɑː.mɐ/

Noun

भाम • (bhā́ma) stem, m

1. light, brightness, splendor

   Synonyms: भास् (bhā́s), भान (bhā́na)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भाम (bhā́ma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भामः bhā́maḥ	भामौ / भामा¹ bhā́mau / bhā́mā¹	भामाः / भामासः¹ bhā́māḥ / bhā́māsaḥ¹
Vocative	भाम bhā́ma	भामौ / भामा¹ bhā́mau / bhā́mā¹	भामाः / भामासः¹ bhā́māḥ / bhā́māsaḥ¹
Accusative	भामम् bhā́mam	भामौ / भामा¹ bhā́mau / bhā́mā¹	भामान् bhā́mān
Instrumental	भामेन bhā́mena	भामाभ्याम् bhā́mābhyām	भामैः / भामेभिः¹ bhā́maiḥ / bhā́mebhiḥ¹
Dative	भामाय bhā́māya	भामाभ्याम् bhā́mābhyām	भामेभ्यः bhā́mebhyaḥ
Ablative	भामात् bhā́māt	भामाभ्याम् bhā́mābhyām	भामेभ्यः bhā́mebhyaḥ
Genitive	भामस्य bhā́masya	भामयोः bhā́mayoḥ	भामानाम् bhā́mānām
Locative	भामे bhā́me	भामयोः bhā́mayoḥ	भामेषु bhā́meṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Old Marathi: भांबा (bhāmba)
• → Odia: ଭାମ (bhāma)
• → Sinhalese: භාම (bhāma)
• → Telugu: భామ (bhāma)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhāma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.