kadam

English

Noun

kadam (plural kadams)

  1. A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba, native to South and Southeast Asia.
    • 2011, Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee, translation of original by Arupa Patangia Kalita:
      Kinaram made the elephant sit under a large kadam tree.
  2. (India, historical) A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.
    • 1837, The Foreign Quarterly Review‎, volume 19, page 226:
      Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built; at the distance of every five nazkikais (6-2/3 English miles) she had a water-reservoir and water-booth formed; and at the distance of ever nazhikai (1-1/3 English miles) she had a well formed with steps leading down to the water.
    • 1895, The Punjab Record‎, volume 29, page 19:
      Where ten kadams equal 55 feet revenue under the rule adopted in Jhelum and Ludhiana would be remissible in whole or in part on 133 acres per mile, the land on both sides of the road being taken into account.
    • 1899, Rules Under the Land Revenue and Tenancy Acts: 1887‎, page 264:
      It is at a perpendicular distance of 16 kadams from a point 69 kadams from the corner of the square.

Synonyms

  • (tree): burflower-tree, laran, Leichhardt pine
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