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karam

karam noun: the tree Adina cordifolia.

Noun

karam

  1. The tree Adina cordifolia.
    • So Prince Earth-worm secured Prince Tortoies with chains and raised the earth on his back, and in a short time there was an island in the midst of the waters. Thakur Jiu then caused a karam tree to spring up, and at the foot of the karam tree he caused sirom grass to grow. He then caused dhobi...1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 21
    • The bride is given a comb made locally of karam wood, bracelets, chawar, which is a braid of false hair, and a blouse1964, Victor Rosner, “The Marriage Ceremonies of the Telia Nagesia of Jashpur, India”, in Anthropos, volume 59, number 3

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Karam

Karam

  1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Karam

Karam (plural Karams)

  1. A surname.

Forms of karam

pluralKarams

Origin of karam

From Manipuri ꯀꯔꯥꯝ (karām).

Questions about karam

What does karam mean?
Karam means the tree Adina cordifolia.
What part of speech is karam?
Karam can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near karam in the dictionary

  1. karakul
  2. Karakulov
  3. karakuls
  4. karakurt
  5. karakurts
  6. karam
  7. Karaman
  8. Karamanian
  9. Karamanians
  10. Karamanlis
  11. Karamanlism

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