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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کم (kam, “little, few”). Compare Bengali কম (kom), Punjabi ਕਮ (kam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəm/,
Adjective
कम • (kam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کم)
- less (in lower degree; to smaller extent)
- आज बहुत कम बरसात हुई है। ― āj bahut kam barsāt huī hai. ― Today is has rained less.
- little (not much)
Determiner
कम • (kam) (Urdu spelling کم)
- few (small number)
- मैंने कम गाजर लिए है। ― ma͠ine kam gājar lie hai. ― I have taken a few carrots.
Synonyms
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
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 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
- Devanagari script form of kama, second-person singular imperative active of कमति (kamati, “to walk”)