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काम

काम

Hindi

Noun

काम (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام)

  1. work, task, labour
    मैं कारख़ाना में काम करता हूँ।
    I work at a factory.
  2. job, employment
    वर्तमान में, काम की तलाश कर रहा हूँ।
    Currently, I am looking for a job.
  3. function, purpose
    यह बक्सा मेज़ का काम देगा
    This box will serve the function of a table.
Synonyms
References
  • John T. Platts (accessed 07-19-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काम (kāma)

Noun

काम (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام)

  1. wish, desire
  2. lust, sexual passion
  3. love
  4. (Hinduism) the god of love
References
  • John T. Platts (accessed 07-19-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)

Nepali

Noun

काम (kām)

  1. work, act
  2. job, occupation

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Vedic) IPA: /kɑ́ː.mɐh/
  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈkɑː.mɐh/, [ˈkɑː.mɐhᵄ]

Noun

काम (kā́ma) m

  1. wish, desire, longing
  2. love, affection, object of desire or of love or of pleasure
  3. pleasure, enjoyment
  4. love, especially sexual love or sensuality
  5. Love or Desire personified

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of काम
Nom. sg. कामः (kāmaḥ)
Gen. sg. कामस्य (kāmasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कामः (kāmaḥ) कामौ (kāmau) कामाः (kāmāḥ)
Vocative काम (kāma) कामौ (kāmau) कामाः (kāmāḥ)
Accusative कामम् (kāmam) कामौ (kāmau) कामान् (kāmān)
Instrumental कामेन (kāmena) कामाभ्याम् (kāmābhyām) कामैः (kāmaiḥ)
Dative कामाय (kāmāya) कामाभ्याम् (kāmābhyām) कामेभ्यः (kāmebhyaḥ)
Ablative कामात् (kāmāt) कामाभ्याम् (kāmābhyām) कामेभ्यः (kāmebhyaḥ)
Genitive कामस्य (kāmasya) कामयोः (kāmayoḥ) कामानाम् (kāmānām)
Locative कामे (kāme) कामयोः (kāmayoḥ) कामेषु (kāmeṣu)

Descendants

Derived terms

  • कम् (kam-)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 252