काम

See also: क़ौम, कम, किम्, कृमि, कमी, and कामी

Hindi

काम

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːm/, [kä̃ːm]

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From , from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman). Doublet of कर्म (karm).

Cognate with Punjabi ਕੱਮ (kamma), Assamese কাম (kam).

Noun

काम • (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام)

1. work, task, labour

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   मैं कारख़ाने में काम करता हूँ।

   ma͠i kārxāne mẽ kām kartā hū̃.

   I work at a factory.

   Synonym: क्रिया (kriyā)

2. job, employment

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   आजकल मैं काम की तलाश कर रहा हूँ।

   ājkal ma͠i kām kī talāś kar rahā hū̃.

   These days I am looking for a job.

   Synonyms: नौकरी (naukrī), रोज़गार (rozgār)

3. function, purpose

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   यह बक्सा मेज़ का काम देगा

   yah baksā mez kā kām degā

   This box will serve the function of a table.

Derived terms

• काम करना (kām karnā)

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Sanskrit काम (kāma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ma.

Noun

काम • (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام)

1. lust, sexual passion, desire
2. (Hinduism) the god of love

   Synonym: कामदेव (kāmdev)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “काम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Marathi

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘦 (kāma), from , from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Doublet of कर्म (karma).

Noun

काम • (kām) n

1. work, task
2. job, occupation

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “काम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “काम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “काम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Nepali

Noun

काम • (kām)

1. work, act
2. job, occupation

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kāma (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• কাম (Bengali script)
• කාම (Sinhalese script)
• ကာမ or ၵႃမ (Burmese script)
• กาม or กามะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາມ or ກາມະ (Lao script)
• កាម (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Noun

काम m

1. Devanagari script form of kāma

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂mos, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬨𐬀 (kāma, “desire”), Persian کام (kâm, “desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ː.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.mɐ/

Noun

काम • (kā́ma) stem, m

1. wish, desire, longing
2. love, affection, object of desire or of love or of pleasure
3. pleasure, enjoyment
4. love, especially sexual love or sensuality
5. Love or Desire personified

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of काम (kā́ma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कामः kā́maḥ	कामौ / कामा¹ kā́mau / kā́mā¹	कामाः / कामासः¹ kā́māḥ / kā́māsaḥ¹
Vocative	काम kā́ma	कामौ / कामा¹ kā́mau / kā́mā¹	कामाः / कामासः¹ kā́māḥ / kā́māsaḥ¹
Accusative	कामम् kā́mam	कामौ / कामा¹ kā́mau / kā́mā¹	कामान् kā́mān
Instrumental	कामेन kā́mena	कामाभ्याम् kā́mābhyām	कामैः / कामेभिः¹ kā́maiḥ / kā́mebhiḥ¹
Dative	कामाय kā́māya	कामाभ्याम् kā́mābhyām	कामेभ्यः kā́mebhyaḥ
Ablative	कामात् kā́māt	कामाभ्याम् kā́mābhyām	कामेभ्यः kā́mebhyaḥ
Genitive	कामस्य kā́masya	कामयोः kā́mayoḥ	कामानाम् kā́mānām
Locative	कामे kā́me	कामयोः kā́mayoḥ	कामेषु kā́meṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• कम् (√kam)
• कामुक (kā́muka)
• काम्य (kā́mya)

Descendants

• • Kashmiri: کٲم (kạ̄m)
• Hindi: काम (kām)
• Urdu: کام (kām)
• Romani: kamel
• → English: kama
• → Japanese: カーマ (Kāma)
• → Thai: กาม (gaam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “काम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 252.