Where does “བ་དམ” come from?

བ་དམ (Tibetan) comes from Persian بادام, from Pahlavi 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

བ་དམ (Tibetan): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “བ་དམ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبادامalmond
2Pahlavi𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Pahlavi 𐭥𐭠𐭣𐭠𐭬 →Every word from Persian بادام →