कम

See also: कम्, क़ौम, किम्, कृमि, काम, कमी, and कामी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کم (kam, “little, few”). Compare Bengali কম (kom), Punjabi ਕਮ (kam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəm/, [kɐ̃m]

Adjective

कम • (kam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کم)

1. less (in lower degree; to smaller extent)

   आज बहुत कम बरसात हुई है।

   āj bahut kam barsāt huī hai.

   Today is has rained less.

2. little (not much)

Determiner

कम • (kam) (Urdu spelling کم)

1. few (small number)

   मैंने कम गाजर लिए है। ― ma͠ine kam gājar lie hai. ― I have taken a few carrots.

Synonyms

• न्यून (nyūn)
• अल्प (alp)

Derived terms

• कम से कम (kam se kam, “at least”)
• कम कम (kam kam, “little by little”)
• कम करना (kam karnā, “to reduce (something)”)
• कम होना (kam honā, “to wane, reduce”)
• कमतर (kamtar, “less”)
• कमतरीन (kamatrīn, “least”)

Related terms

• कम- (kam-, “under-”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kama (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• কম (Bengali script)
• කම (Sinhalese script)
• ကမ or ၵမ (Burmese script)
• กม or กะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ກມ or ກະມະ (Lao script)
• កម (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

कम

1. Devanagari script form of kama, second-person singular imperative active of कमति (kamati, “to walk”)