kham

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See also: Kham, khăm, and khảm

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षम् (kṣam).

Root

kham

  1. to find bearable

Derived terms

Phalura

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adverb

kham (Perso-Arabic spelling کھم)

  1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “kham”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Romani

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás
    Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)
    Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma)
    Romani kham

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.[1][2][3] Cognate with Hindi घाम (ghām, “heat of the sun”), Nepali घाम (ghām, “sun, sunlight”), Gujarati ઘામ (ghām, “heat, perspiration”).

    Noun

    kham m (nominative plural khama)

    1. sun[2][3][4]

    Descendants

    • Caló: cam

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gharmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 240
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kham”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 155a
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 34, 39, 40
    4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o kham, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 211b

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 堪.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    kham

    1. to endure

    Derived terms

    Wikious
    Boobota
    Sagapedia