Where does “কাজু বাদাম” come from?

কাজু বাদাম (Bengali) comes from Portuguese caju, from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

কাজু বাদাম (Bengali): cashew nut

Definitions

  1. cashew nut

Ancestry of “কাজু বাদাম”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecajucashew; cashew nut
2Classical Persianبادام—
3Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—

Words derived from “কাজু বাদাম”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →