कमर

Hindi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمر (kamar). Compare Bengali কোমর (kōmor), Gujarati કમર (kamar), Marathi कंबर (kambar), Punjabi ਕਮਰ (kamar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

कमर • (kamar) f (Urdu spelling کَمَرْ)

1. waist

   Synonyms: कटि (kaṭi), मध्यदेश (madhyadeś), मध्यभाग (madhyabhāg)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qə.məɾ/, , /kə.məɾ/,

Proper noun

कमर • (kamar) m (Urdu spelling قمر)

1. nuqtaless form of क़मर (qamar, “moon”)

Declension

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कमर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कमर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कमर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “कमर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From कम् (kam, “to desire, love, lust for”, root), from काम (kā́ma, “desire, love, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ/

Adjective

कमर • (kamara) stem

1. desirous, wishing, lustful

Declension

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कमर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 252, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कमर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan