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kadam

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

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noun

Meaning 2

A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Asia, historical

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History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: কদম (kodom) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Burmese: မအူလက်တံရှည် (ma.ulaktamhrany) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Hindi: कदंब (kadamb) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Hindi: कादंब (kādamb) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Japanese: カダム (kadamu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Japanese: カランパヤン (karanpayan) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Japanese: クビナガタマバナノキ (kubinagatamabana-no-ki) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Japanese: ラブラ (rabura) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Kannada: ಕದಂಬ (kadamba) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Kannada: ನೀಪ (nīpa) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Khmer: ថ្កូវ (thkəw) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Malayalam: കടമ്പു (kaṭampu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Marathi: कळंब (kaḷamba) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: कदम्ब (kadamba) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: कलम्ब (kalamba) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: कादम्ब (kādamba) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: निप (nipa) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: नीप (nīpa) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: हलिप्रिय (halipriya) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Sanskrit: कदम्बक (kadambaka) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Tamil: கடம்பு (kaṭampu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Tamil: இந்துளம் (intuḷam) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Telugu: కదంబము (kadambamu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Telugu: కదంబకము (kadambakamu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Telugu: కడామిచెట్టు (kaḍāmiceṭṭu) — Neolamarckia cadamba
  • Vietnamese: gáo — Neolamarckia cadamba