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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)
- ਕਮ੍ (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
Root
कम् • (kam)
- to wish, desire, long for
- to love, be in love with
- to cause one to love
- 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