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Where does “бајам” come from?

бајам (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بایام, from Ottoman Turkish بادام, from Persian بادام, from Pahlavi 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

бајам (Serbo-Croatian): almond; almond tree

Definitions

  1. almond; almond tree

Ancestry of “бајам”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبایام—
2Ottoman Turkishبادامalmond
3Persianبادامalmond
4Pahlavi𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →