kāma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kama"

Japanese

Romanization

kāma

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カーマ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • काम (Devanagari script)
  • কাম (Bengali script)
  • කාම (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာမ or ၵႃမ (Burmese script)
  • กาม or กามะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກາມ or ກາມະ (Lao script)
  • កាម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

Noun

kāma m

  1. pleasure, lust, love, passion, enjoyment
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from sexual misconduct.

Declension

Declension table of "kāma" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kāmokāmā
Accusative (second)kāmaṃkāme
Instrumental (third)kāmenakāmehi or kāmebhi
Dative (fourth)kāmassa or kāmāya or kāmatthaṃkāmānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kāmasmā or kāmamhā or kāmākāmehi or kāmebhi
Genitive (sixth)kāmassakāmānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kāmasmiṃ or kāmamhi or kāmekāmesu
Vocative (calling)kāmakāmā

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ကာမ (kama.)
  • → Khmer: កាម (kaam)
  • → Lao: ກາມ (kām)
  • → Thai: กาม (gaam)

Adjective

See -kāma (“desirous of...”)

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