Badami

English

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”).

Proper noun

Badami

1. A city in North Karnataka

   Synonym: Vatapi