कमरा

See also: कैमरा, कुमार, कमरो, कमरों, कुमरी, कमरे, and कमर

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati

Proto-Iranian *kamarāder.

Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor.

Latin camera

Old Galician-Portuguese camara

Portuguese câmarabor.

Hindi कमरा

Borrowed from Portuguese câmara. Doublet of कैमरा (kaimrā, “camera”), via English.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kəm.ɾɑː/, [kɐ̃m.ɾäː]

Noun

कमरा • (kamrā) m (Urdu spelling کمرہ)

1. room, chamber (enclosed part of a building)

   Synonym: (formal) कक्ष (kakṣ)

   तेरा सामान मेरे कमरे में है।

   terā sāmān mere kamre mẽ hai.

   Your things are in my room.

Declension

Declension of कमरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कमरा kamrā	कमरे kamre
oblique	कमरे kamre	कमरों kamrõ
vocative	कमरे kamre	कमरो kamro

Descendants

• → Kashmiri: کَمرٕ (kamrụ)
• → Pashto: کمره

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कमरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press