बादाम (baadaam)
noun
A single everyday sense: the almond, both as the nut itself and the tree/wood, used identically to English 'almond' in most contexts.
Sense
1
:
almond (the nut)
noun, masculine
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most North Indian homes, बादाम (baadaam) is not just a snack food but a mini health ritual -- soaked overnight in water, peeled in the morning, and handed to kids by mothers and grandmothers who swear it makes you 'तेज़' (sharp/quick-witted). You will also meet it inside common phrases like बादाम वाला दूध (baadaam vaalaa doodh, 'almond milk') and in Mughlai-influenced sweets and Kashmiri/Punjabi kahwa, reflecting its long history as a prized dry fruit (mेवा, meva) brought via Central Asian and Persian trade routes.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often guess it is feminine because many food-item nouns in Hindi are feminine, but बादाम (baadaam) is masculine -- मुझे बादाम पसंद हैं (mujhe baadaam pasand hain, 'I like almonds'), not feminine agreement. 2) In the plural (talking about several almonds), the word itself does not change form, which surprises learners expecting a visible plural marker.
Sample Sentences:
सुबह उठते ही दादी मुझे भीगे हुए बादाम छीलकर देती हैं।
As soon as I wake up in the morning, grandma peels soaked almonds and gives them to me.
(subah uthte hii daadii mujhe bhiige hue baadaam chhiilkar detii hain।)
माँ ने रात को कुछ बादाम पानी में भिगो दिए थे।
Mom had soaked some almonds in water at night.
(maan ne raat ko kuchh baadaam paanii men bhigo die the।)
रोज़ सुबह पाँच बादाम खाओ, दिमाग तेज़ होगा।
Eat five almonds every morning, your mind will get sharp.
(roz subah paanch baadaam khaao, dimaag tez hogaa।)
क्या तुम बाज़ार से थोड़े बादाम ले आओगे?
Will you bring some almonds from the market?
(kyaa tum baazaar se thode baadaam le aaoge?)
अगर तुम रोज़ बादाम खाते तो तुम्हारी याददाश्त और अच्छी होती।
If you ate almonds every day, your memory would be even better.
(agar tum roz baadaam khaate to tumhaarii yaaddaasht aur achchhii hotii।)
बाज़ार में बादाम के दाम इस बार बहुत बढ़ गए हैं।
The price of almonds in the market has gone up a lot this time.
(baazaar men baadaam ke daam is baar bahut badh gae hain।)
सर्दियों में बादाम वाला दूध पीने से शरीर को गर्मी मिलती है।
Drinking almond milk in winter keeps the body warm.
(sardiyon men baadaam vaalaa doodh piine se shariir ko garmii miltii hai।)
शायद इस हलवे में बादाम भी डाले गए हों।
Perhaps almonds have also been added to this halwa.
(shaayad is halve men baadaam bhii daale gae hon।)
मिठाई की दुकान पर बादाम और पिस्ते से सजी बर्फी रखी थी।
At the sweet shop, barfi decorated with almonds and pistachios was kept on display.
(mithaaii kii dukaan par baadaam aur piste se sajii barphii rakhii thii।)
काढ़ा बनाते समय उसमें कुछ बादाम भी पीसकर मिलाए जाते हैं।
While making kahwa, some ground almonds are also mixed into it.
(kaadhaa banaate samay usmen kuchh baadaam bhii piiskar milaae jaate hain।)
बादाम एक कीमती मेवा है जो सदियों से व्यापारिक मार्गों से भारत आता रहा है।
The almond is a precious dry fruit that has been coming to India via trade routes for centuries.
(baadaam ek kiimtii mevaa hai jo sadiyon se vyaapaarik maargon se bhaarat aataa rahaa hai।)
Sense
2
:
almond-shaped, almond color/tone (used attributively, especially of eyes)
noun, masculine Used in the compound बादाम जैसी आँखें (baadaam jaisii aankhen, 'eyes like almonds') or shortened to बादामी आँखें (baadaamii aankhen) -- the plain noun बादाम (baadaam) itself is not used as a direct adjective without जैसा (jaisaa) or the derived form बादामी (baadaamii).
Synonyms: बादामी (baadaamii, adjectival form)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Describing eyes as बादाम जैसी आँखें (baadaam jaisii aankhen) is a classic compliment in Hindi film lyrics and poetry, putting almond-shaped eyes in the same beauty-vocabulary league as English's own 'almond eyes' -- a rare case where the two languages reach for the exact same image.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to use बादाम (baadaam) directly before a noun as an adjective (e.g. for 'almond eyes'), but Hindi actually reaches for the derived adjective बादामी (baadaamii) or the simile बादाम जैसी (baadaam jaisii) instead of the bare noun.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी बादाम जैसी आँखें बहुत खूबसूरत हैं।
Her almond-shaped eyes are very beautiful.
(uskii baadaam jaisii aankhen bahut khoobsoorat hain।)
शायरों ने हमेशा बादाम जैसी आँखों की तारीफ़ की है।
Poets have always praised almond-shaped eyes.
(shaayron ne hameshaa baadaam jaisii aankhon kii taariif kii hai।)
फ़िल्म के गीत में नायिका की बादाम आँखों का ज़िक्र बार-बार आता है।
In the film's song, the heroine's almond eyes are mentioned again and again.
(film ke giit men naayikaa kii baadaam aankhon kaa zikr baar-baar aataa hai।)
काश मेरी भी बादाम जैसी आँखें होतीं।
I wish I too had almond-shaped eyes.
(kaash merii bhii baadaam jaisii aankhen hotiin।)
कवि ने उसकी बादाम आँखों को चाँद से जोड़ते हुए एक शेर लिखा।
The poet wrote a couplet linking her almond eyes to the moon.
(kavi ne uskii baadaam aankhon ko chaand se jodte hue ek sher likhaa।)
देखो, उसकी बादाम आँखें कितनी गहरी लगती हैं।
Look, how deep her almond-shaped eyes look.
(dekho, uskii baadaam aankhen kitnii gahrii lagtii hain।)
अगर उसकी आँखें बादाम जैसी न होतीं, तो शायद इतनी तारीफ़ न होती।
If her eyes weren't almond-shaped, perhaps they wouldn't be praised so much.
(agar uskii aankhen baadaam jaisii n hotiin, to shaayad itnii taariif n hotii।)
गीतकार चाहता था कि नायिका की बादाम आँखों का वर्णन सबसे अलग हो।
The lyricist wanted the description of the heroine's almond eyes to be unlike any other.
(giitkaar chaahtaa thaa ki naayikaa kii baadaam aankhon kaa varnan sabse alag ho।)
पुरानी हिंदी फिल्मों में बादाम आँखों वाली हीरोइनें बहुत पसंद की जाती थीं।
In old Hindi films, heroines with almond eyes used to be very much liked.
(puraanii hindii philmon men baadaam aankhon vaalii hiiroinen bahut pasand kii jaatii thiin।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
बादाम
(baadaam)
(sg.m.oblique):
बादाम
(baadaam)
(pl.m.direct):
बादाम
(baadaam)
(pl.m.oblique):
बादामों
(baadaamon)