ਕਾਮ

Punjabi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaːmə̆]

Noun

ਕਾਮ • (kām) m (Shahmukhi spelling کام)

  1. desire, love, lust
  2. (Sikhism) kaam

Declension

Declension of ਕਾਮ
singular plural
direct ਕਾਮ (kām) ਕਾਮ (kām)
oblique ਕਾਮ (kām) ਕਾਮਾਂ (kāmā̃)
vocative ਕਾਮਾ (kāmā) ਕਾਮੋ (kāmo)
ablative ਕਾਮੋਂ (kāmõ) —
locative ਕਾਮੇ (kāme) ਕਾਮੀਂ (kāmī̃)
instrumental ਕਾਮੇ (kāme) ਕਾਮੀਂ (kāmī̃)

References

  • “ਕਾਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਮ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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