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کام

کام

See also: گام

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

کام (kām)

  1. how much, how many
    عندك كام ولد؟
    ʿándak kām wálad?
    How many children do you have?
    تحتاج الى كام فلوس؟
    tíħtāg ilā kām filūs?
    How much money do you need?

Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian կամ (kam).

Noun

کام (kam)

  1. threshing device

References

  • Jaba, Auguste; Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 323
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կամն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935


Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kʾm (kām, will, desire, purpose) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian kʾm (kām)), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (kāma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari کام
Iranian Persian کام
Tajik ком (kom)

کام (kâm) (plural کام‌ها (kâm-hâ))

  1. desire, wish
    ایام به کام [باشد]!Ayyâm be kâm [bâšad]!(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. design, intention, pursuit
  3. aim, goal

Synonyms

  • مراد (morâd)
  • مقصود (maqsud)

Derived terms

  • کامروا (kâmravâ)
  • کامکار (kâmkâr)

Etymology 2

Cognate with English gum, Swedish gom (palate).

Noun

Dari کام
Iranian Persian کام
Tajik ком (kom)

کام (kâm) (plural کام‌ها (kâm-hâ))

  1. (anatomy) palate, uraniscus

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit कर्म (karma).

Noun

کام (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

  1. employment
  2. job
  3. work
  4. task
  5. action
  6. act
  7. deed
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काम (kāma).

Noun

کام (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

  1. wish
  2. desire
  3. longing
  4. affection
  5. passion
  6. lust
  7. love

Etymology 3

From Persian کام (kâm); see there for more.

Noun

کام (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

  1. wish
  2. desire
  3. design
  4. intention
  5. (anatomy) palate, uraniscus