Where does “badem” come from?

badem (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish بادم, from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

badem (Serbo-Croatian): almond; almond tree

Definitions

  1. almond; almond tree

Ancestry of “badem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishبادمAlternative form of بادام
2Classical Persianبادام—
3Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →