काम

• IPA^(key): /kɑːm/

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman). Doublet of कर्म (karma).

Cognate with Punjabi ਕੱਮ (kam), Assamese কাম (kam).

काम • (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام‎)

1. work, task, labour

   मैं कारख़ाने में काम करता हूँ।

   ma͠i kārxāne mẽ kām kartā hū̃.

   I work at a factory.

   Synonym: क्रिया (kriyā)

2. job, employment

   आजकल मैं काम की तलाश कर रहा हूँ।

   ājkal ma͠i kām kī talāś kar rahā hū̃.

   These days I am looking for a job.

   Synonyms: नौकरी (naukrī), रोज़गार (rozgār)

3. function, purpose

   यह बक्सा मेज़ का काम देगा

   yah baksā mez kā kām degā

   This box will serve the function of a table.

• काम करना (kām karnā)

Borrowed from Sanskrit काम (kāma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ma.

काम • (kām) m (Urdu spelling کام‎)

1. lust, sexual passion, desire
2. (Hinduism) the god of love

   Synonym: कामदेव (kāmdev)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “काम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kárman (2892)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “काम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

From Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘦 (kāma), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Doublet of कर्म (karma).

काम • (kām) n

1. work, task
2. job, occupation

• Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “काम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “काम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Yasavanta Ramakrshna Date (1932-1950), “काम”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kárman (2892)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

काम • (kām)

1. work, act
2. job, occupation

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂mos, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬐𐬁𐬨𐬀‎ (kāma, “desire”), Persian کام‎ (kâm, “desire”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ː.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.mɐ/

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

• कम् (√kam)
• कामुक (kā́muka)
• काम्य (kā́mya)

• Dardic: [Term?]
  • Kashmiri: کٲم‎ (kạ̄m)
• Hindi: काम (kām)
• Urdu: کام‎
• Romani: kamel
• → English: kama
• → Japanese: カーマ (Kāma)
• → Thai: กาม (gaam)

• Monier Williams (1899), “काम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 252.