Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
ताम · tām · s.m.
Copper ( = tāṅbā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 306
ताम · noun · masculine
दोष । विकार · मनोविकार । चित्त का उद्वेग । व्याकुलता । बेचैनी · दुःख । क्लेश । व्यथा । कष्ट — Śabdasāgara
ताम · adj
भीषण । डरावना । भयंकर · दुःखी । व्याकुल । हैरान — Śabdasāgara
तआम · masculine
food, victuals
a Hindi word of Arabic origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʕām).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
anxiety, distress
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Dictionary citations
tāma m. (√ tam) = bhīṣaṇa, L.
= doṣa, L.
anxiety, distress, W.
tāma m. (-maḥ) 1 An object of terror. 2 Fault, defect, vice. 3 Anxiety, distress. 4 Desire. E. tama to be distressed, affix ghañ.
Alternative readings
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