padam

See also: падам

English

Etymology

Probably from Tamil பதம் (patam).

Noun

padam (plural padams)

1. in Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance
   • 2009, Richard Wolff, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond:

     The dance-drama students will have already learned their roles in the padams, without music, in group “sitting classes” in the dance-drama kal·aris; in theory they would have to perform these padams in sitting classes perfectly rehearsing with musicians in the colliyattam studio

   • 2007, Sruti:

     The best way to express our indebtedness to the Brinda-Muktha legacy would be to include a padam or javali in concerts

   • 2003, Phillip Zarrilli, Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play:

     This first delivery of the line of a padam might best be described as a 'pre-acting' of the line. It establishes the general mood.

Anagrams

• DMAPA, Padma, padma

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadam/
• Hyphenation: pa‧dam

Etymology 1

From Malay padam.

Verb

padam

1. to extinguish (fire)
2. to turn off (electronics)

Conjugation

Conjugation of padam (meng-, transitive)

root	padam
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active				padam	padamlah
locative
causative / applicative1	memadamkan		dipadamkan	padamkan	padamkanlah
	causative
active
locative
causative / applicative1

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

padam

1. extinguished

   Synonym: mati

   Apinya telah padam. ― The fire has been extinguished.

2. quelled, crushed

   Synonym: reda

3. calmed down, relaxed, cooled off

   Synonyms: reda, tenang

Derived terms

• kepadaman
• memadami
• memadamkan
• mempadamkan
• pemadam
• pemadaman

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पद्म (padma).

Adjective

padam

1. lotus-like

Derived terms

• merah padam

Further reading

• “padam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpadam]

Verb

padam

1. first-person singular present of padaś

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padəm (“to extinguish, douse a fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /padam/
• Rhymes: -adam, -dam, -am

Verb

padam (Jawi spelling ڤادم)

1. to extinguish (fire)
2. to turn off (electronics)
3. to erase (writings, markings, etc.)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemadam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemadaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kepadaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• memadam [agent focus] (meN-)
• memadamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• dipadam [patient focus] (di-)
• dipadamkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terpadam [agentless action] (teR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: padam

Further reading

• “padam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.dam/
• Rhymes: -adam
• Syllabification: pa‧dam

Verb

padam

1. first-person singular present of padać