Bam

 

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Bam

1. The capital city of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.
2. A county of Kerman Province, Iran.

• -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, amb, amb., mAb, mab

 

From Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum. Cognates include German Baum and Luxembourgish Bam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥aːm/
• Hyphenation: Bam

Bam m (plural Bam or Bama)

1. tree
   • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Impression im März:

     Zwischen d'Bam palästern a påår Lackeln,
     g'schrian uns söig mit an Fetzenbålln

     Between the trees a few men play football,
     they're calling us, happy with a ball of scraps

• Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Bam”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT

From Middle High German and Old High German boum. Cognate with German Baum, Dutch boom, English beam.

• IPA^(key): /baːm/
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Bam m (plural Beem, diminutive Beemchen)

1. tree

• Uebstbam