padam
See also: падам
English
Etymology
Probably from Tamil பதம் (patam).
Noun
padam (plural padams)
- in Carnatic music, a type of short song, or the accompanying dance
- 2009, Richard Wolff, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond
- The dance-drama students will have already learned their roles in the padams, without music, in group “sitting classes” in the dance-drama kal·aris; in theory they would have to perform these padams in sitting classes perfectly rehearsing with musicians in the colliyattam studio
- 2007, Sruti (magazine)
- The best way to express our indebtedness to the Brinda-Muktha legacy would be to include a padam or javali in concerts
- 2003, Phillip Zarrilli, Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play
- This first delivery of the line of a padam might best be described as a 'pre-acting' of the line. It establishes the general mood.
- 2009, Richard Wolff, Theorizing the Local: Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond
Anagrams
- DMAPA, Padma, padma
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpadam/
- Hyphenation: pa‧dam
Etymology 1
From Malay padam.
Verb
padam
- to extinguish (fire)
- to turn off (electronics)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of padam (meng-, transitive) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | padam | ||||
| Active | Involuntary | Passive | Imperative | Jussive | |
| Active | – | – | – | padam | padamlah |
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | memadamkan | – | dipadamkan | padamkan | padamkanlah |
| Causative | |||||
| Locative | – | – | – | – | – |
| Causative / Applicative1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning. | |||||
Adjective
padam
- extinguished
- Apinya telah padam. ― The fire has been extinguished.
- Synonym: mati
- quelled, crushed
- Synonym: reda
- calmed down, relaxed, cooled off
- Synonyms: reda, tenang
Derived terms
- kepadaman
- memadami
- memadamkan
- mempadamkan
- pemadam
- pemadaman
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit पद्म (padma).
Adjective
padam
- lotus-like
Derived terms
- merah padam
Further reading
- “padam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpadam]
Verb
padam
- first-person singular present of padaś
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padəm (“to extinguish, douse a fire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /padam/
- Rhymes: -adam, -dam, -am
Verb
padam (Jawi spelling ڤادم)
- to extinguish (fire)
- to turn off (electronics)
- to erase (writings, markings, etc.)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pemadam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pemadaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- kepadaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- memadam [agent focus] (meN-)
- memadamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- dipadam [patient focus] (di-)
- dipadamkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terpadam [agentless action] (teR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: padam
Further reading
- “padam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.dam/
- Rhymes: -adam
- Syllabification: pa‧dam
Verb
padam
- first-person singular present of padać