कम्

See also: कम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကမ် (Burmese script)
• કમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਮੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಮ್ (Kannada script)
• កម៑ (Khmer script)
• ກມ຺ (Lao script)
• കമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• କମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• கம் (Tamil script)
• కమ్ (Telugu script)
• กมฺ (Thai script)
• ཀ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐm/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐm/

Root

कम् • (kam)

1. to wish, desire, long for
2. to love, be in love with
3. to cause one to love
4. to have sexual intercourse with

Derived terms

• कान्ति (kānti, “desire, loveliness, splendor”)
• काम (kā́ma, “desire”)
• कामना (kāmanā, “desire”)
• कामुक (kāmuka, “wishing for”)
• काम्य (kāmya, “desirable”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 251.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 017
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कम्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016