Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“wrath, anger, wrathful”) 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 (“wrath, anger, wrathful”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
भाम · noun · masculine
क्रोध · प्रकाश । दीप्ति · सूर्य — Śabdasāgara
भाम · noun · feminine
स्त्री · कृष्ण की पत्नी सत्यभामा का एक नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
भाम · bhām · s.m.
Light, brightness, radiance, splendour; the sun — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 179
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or bhāmaka, a sister's husband
Verified derivationMultiple readings (13)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhāma" is the vocative of "bhāmā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bhāma" is derived from "bhām" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bhām cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. xii, 8) bhāmate cl. 10. P. (xxxv, 20) bhāmayati (occurs only in derivatives, but the grammarians give also pf. babhāme aor. abhāmiṣṭa fut. bhāmiṣyate, ˚mitā; Caus. bhāmayati; Intens. bābhāmyate), to be angry or impatient.
bhām 1 A. (bhāmate) To be angry.
1. bhāma m. (for 2. See p. 752, col. 3) light, brightness, splendour, RV.
2. bhāma m. (for 1. See p. 751, col. 1; for 3. below) passion, wrath, anger, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr.; BhP.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. bhāma m. (for 2. See p. 752, col. 3) light, brightness, splendour, RV.
2. bhāma m. (for 1. See p. 751, col. 1; for 3. below) passion, wrath, anger, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚBr.; BhP.
(with kavi), N. of a poet, Cat.
3. bhāma or bhāmaka, m. a sister's husband, BhP.; L.
bhāma r. 1st cl. (bhāmate) r. 10th cl. (bhāmayati) To be angry or wrathful, to be impatient.
bhāmā (ā), f. a passionate woman, L.
N. of one of the wives of Kṛṣṇa (= satya-bhāmā), Kathās.
bhām cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. xii, 8) bhāmate cl. 10. P. (xxxv, 20) bhāmayati (occurs only in derivatives, but the grammarians give also pf. babhāme aor. abhāmiṣṭa fut. bhāmiṣyate, ˚mitā; Caus. bhāmayati; Intens. bābhāmyate), to be angry or impatient.
bhām 1 A. (bhāmate) To be angry.
Alternative readings
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