कामना
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कामना (kāmanā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑːm.nɑː/, [kä̃ːm.näː]
Noun
कामना • (kāmnā) f (Urdu spelling کامنا)
- wish, desire, inclination, lust
- मैं उसकी सफलता की कामना करता हूँ।
- ma͠i uskī saphaltā kī kāmnā kartā hū̃.
- I wish him success.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कामना kāmnā |
कामनाएँ kāmnāẽ |
| oblique | कामना kāmnā |
कामनाओं kāmnāõ |
| vocative | कामना kāmnā |
कामनाओ kāmnāo |
Synonyms
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कामना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kämʌnä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: कामना
Noun
कामना • (kāmanā)
References
- “कामना”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “कामना”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কামনা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- কামনা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကာမနာ (Burmese script)
- કામના (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಮನಾ (Kannada script)
- កាមនា (Khmer script)
- ກາມນາ (Lao script)
- കാമനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- କାମନା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කාමනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- காமநா (Tamil script)
- కామనా (Telugu script)
- กามนา (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root कम् (kam, “to wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Wider cognates include Latin cārus whence French cher and English charity, and English whore.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑː.mɐ.nɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɑː.mɐ.n̪ɑː/
Noun
कामना • (kāmanā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कामना (kāmanā) | कामने (kāmane) | कामनाः (kāmanāḥ) |
| accusative | कामनाम् (kāmanām) | कामने (kāmane) | कामनाः (kāmanāḥ) |
| instrumental | कामनया (kāmanayā) कामना¹ (kāmanā¹) |
कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) | कामनाभिः (kāmanābhiḥ) |
| dative | कामनायै (kāmanāyai) | कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) | कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ) कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²) |
कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām) | कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ) कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²) |
कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ) | कामनानाम् (kāmanānām) |
| locative | कामनायाम् (kāmanāyām) | कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ) | कामनासु (kāmanāsu) |
| vocative | कामने (kāmane) | कामने (kāmane) | कामनाः (kāmanāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कामना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0273.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कामना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343