कामना

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See also: कमाना, कमान, and कमीना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कामना (kāmanā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑːm.nɑː/,

Noun

कामना • (kāmnā) f (Urdu spelling کامنا)

  1. wish, desire, inclination, lust
    मैं उसकी सफलता की कामना करता हूँ।
    ma͠i uskī saphaltā kī kāmnā kartā hū̃.
    I wish him success.

Declension

Declension of कामना (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कामना
kāmnā 		कामनाएँ
kāmnāẽ
oblique कामना
kāmnā 		कामनाओं
kāmnāõ
vocative कामना
kāmnā 		कामनाओ
kāmnāo

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References

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari: कामना

Noun

कामना • (kāmanā)

  1. wish

References

  • “कामना”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “कामना”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the root कम् (kam, “to wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Wider cognates include Latin cārus whence French cher and English charity, and English whore.

Pronunciation

Noun

कामना • (kāmanā) stem, f

  1. wish, desire

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कामना
singular dual plural
nominative कामना (kāmanā) कामने (kāmane) कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
accusative कामनाम् (kāmanām) कामने (kāmane) कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
instrumental कामनया (kāmanayā)
कामना¹ (kāmanā¹) 		कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) कामनाभिः (kāmanābhiḥ)
dative कामनायै (kāmanāyai) कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ)
ablative कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ)
कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²) 		कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ)
genitive कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ)
कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²) 		कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ) कामनानाम् (kāmanānām)
locative कामनायाम् (kāmanāyām) कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ) कामनासु (kāmanāsu)
vocative कामने (kāmane) कामने (kāmane) कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कामना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0273.
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कामना”, 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
  • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343
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