Bam - Wiktionary, the free dictionary


Article Images

Bam

  1. The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
  2. A county of Kerman Province, Iran.

city in Iran

 
A Bam.

From Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include German Baum and Luxembourgish Bam.

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥aːm/
  • Hyphenation: Bam

Bam m (plural Bam or Bama)

  1. tree
    • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:

      Zwischen d'Bam palästern a påår Lackeln,
      g'schrian uns söig mit an Fetzenbålln

      Between the trees a few men play football,
      they're calling us, happy with a ball of scraps
  • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Bam”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

From Middle High German and Old High German boum. Cognate with German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.

Bam m (plural Beem, diminutive Beemchen)

  1. tree