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kadam¹

Where it comes from

Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom), corruption of Sanskrit कदम्ब (kadamba). Ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *kaṭ-ampu (“Neolamarckia cadamba”).

noun kadams · cadamba · kadamba · kadamb

  1. India A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia. Kinaram made the elephant sit under a large kadam tree.

    Similar: burflower-tree, common bur-flower tree, laran, Leichhardt pine

kadam²

Where it comes from

Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom, “step”), borrowed ultimately from Arabic قَدَم (qadam, “foot”).

noun kadams

  1. South Asia, historical A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles. Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built

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noun Neolamarckia cadamba

日本語カダム kadamu, カランパヤン karanpayan, クビナガタマバナノキ kubinagatamabana-no-ki, ラブラ rabura
हिन्दीकदंब kadamb, कादंब kādamb
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@misc{kadam_2026,
  title = {kadam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kadam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}