क्षमा

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā). Doublet of छमा (chamā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʂə.mɑː/,

Noun

क्षमा (kṣamāf (Urdu spelling کشما)

  1. (formal) a pardon, forgiveness
    Synonym: माफ़ी (māfī)
    मैं आपसे क्षमा माँगता हूँ।
    ma͠i āpse kṣamā māṅgtā hū̃.
    I request forgiveness from you.

Declension

Proper noun

क्षमा (kṣamāf (Urdu spelling کشما)

  1. a female given name, Kshama, from Sanskrit

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From क्षम् (kṣam, to be patient, to endure, to put up with, root) +‎ -आ ().

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षमा (kṣamā) stemf

  1. patience, forbearance, indulgence
  2. patience (personified as a daughter of dakṣa and wife of pulaha)
  3. tameness (as of an antelope)
  4. resistance
  5. earth
  6. name of Durga
  7. the khadira tree (Acacia catechu)
  8. name of a female shepherd
  9. name of a species of the atijagatī- metre
  10. of a śākta authoress of mantras
  11. of a river (equals vetravatī-)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of क्षमा (kṣamā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षमा
kṣamā
क्षमे
kṣame
क्षमाः
kṣamāḥ
Vocative क्षमे
kṣame
क्षमे
kṣame
क्षमाः
kṣamāḥ
Accusative क्षमाम्
kṣamām
क्षमे
kṣame
क्षमाः
kṣamāḥ
Instrumental क्षमया / क्षमा¹
kṣamayā / kṣamā¹
क्षमाभ्याम्
kṣamābhyām
क्षमाभिः
kṣamābhiḥ
Dative क्षमायै
kṣamāyai
क्षमाभ्याम्
kṣamābhyām
क्षमाभ्यः
kṣamābhyaḥ
Ablative क्षमायाः / क्षमायै²
kṣamāyāḥ / kṣamāyai²
क्षमाभ्याम्
kṣamābhyām
क्षमाभ्यः
kṣamābhyaḥ
Genitive क्षमायाः / क्षमायै²
kṣamāyāḥ / kṣamāyai²
क्षमयोः
kṣamayoḥ
क्षमाणाम्
kṣamāṇām
Locative क्षमायाम्
kṣamāyām
क्षमयोः
kṣamayoḥ
क्षमासु
kṣamāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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