કામ

Gujarati

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑm/
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology 1

કામ (kām, “work”)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), from Sanskrit कर्म (karma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Doublet of કર્મ (karma). Cognate with Bengali কাম (kam), Hindi काम (kām), Kachchi કમ (kam), Marathi काम (kām), Nepali काम (kām), Punjabi ਕੱਮ (kamma).

Noun

કામ • (kām) m

1. work

   હું કારખાનુંમાં કામ કરું છું।

   hũ kārkhānummā̃ kām karũ chũ.

   I do work at a factory.

2. job, employment

   Synonyms: નોકરી (nokrī), કાજ (kāj), રોજગાર (rojgār)

3. deed, act

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

Noun

કામ • (kām) m

1. desire, wish
2. sexual desire
3. (Hinduism) kama

Proper noun

કામ • (kām) m

1. (Hinduism) Kamadeva

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian کام (kām).

Noun

કામ • (kām) m

1. (anatomy) palate, roof of the mouth

   Synonym: તાળવું (tāḷvũ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 147
• “કામ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.