padam

See also: падам

English

Etymology

Probably from Tamil பதம் (patam).

Noun

padam (plural padams)

1. 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:

     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.

Anagrams

• DMAPA, Padma, padma

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpadam/
• Hyphenation: pa‧dam

Etymology 1

From Malay padam.

Verb

padam

1. to extinguish (fire)
2. to turn off (electronics)

Conjugation

Conjugation of padam (meng-, transitive)
Root	padam
	Active	Involuntary / perfective	Passive	Imperative	Jussive
Active				padam	padamlah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1	memadamkan		dipadamkan	padamkan	padamkanlah
	Causative
Active
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

1. extinguished

   Synonym: mati

   Apinya telah padam. ― The fire has been extinguished.

2. quelled, crushed

   Synonym: reda

3. calmed down, relaxed, cooled off

   Synonyms: reda, tenang

Derived terms

• kepadaman
• memadami
• memadamkan
• mempadamkan
• pemadam
• pemadaman

 

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पद्म (padma).

Adjective

padam

1. lotus-like

Derived terms

• merah padam

 

Further reading

• “padam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpadam]

Verb

padam

1. 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)

1. to extinguish (fire)
2. to turn off (electronics)
3. 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

1. first-person singular present of padać