# Badami

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city in North Karnataka

## Etymology
Borrowed from Kannada ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi), from Old Kannada ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi), from Sanskrit वातापि (vātāpi, “friend of the wind”), from वात (vāta, “wind”) and आपि (āpi, “friend”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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