کام

کام • (kām)

1. how much, how many

   عندك كام ولد؟

   ʿándak kām wálad?

   How many children do you have?

   تحتاج الى كام فلوس؟

   tíħtāg ilā kām filūs?

   How much money do you need?

کام (kâm) (definite accusative کامؽ, plural کاملار)

1. Arabic spelling of kâm (“palate”)

From Middle Persian 𐭠‎𐭬‎𐭪 (kʾm), 𐫐𐫀𐫖 (kʾm /⁠kām⁠/, “will, desire, purpose”), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎶 (k-a-m /⁠kāma⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *káHmah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas, from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

کام • (kâm) (plural کام‌ها (kâm-hâ))

1. desire, wish

   ایام به کام [باشد]! ― Ayyâm be kâm [bâšad]! ― May the days be of desire!

2. design, intention, pursuit
3. aim, goal

• مراد (morâd)
• مقصود (maqsud)

• کامروا (kâmravâ)
• کامکار (kâmkâr)

کام • (kâm) (plural کام‌ها (kâm-hâ))

1. (anatomy) palate, roof of the mouth

• → Khalaj: kâm

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːm/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman). Cognate with Punjabi کَمّ (kamm).

کام • (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

1. task, action, work

   آپ کا کام یہ ہے

   āp kā kām yih hai

   This is your task ...

2. employment, job

   Synonym: نوکری (naukarī)

   آج کل میں کام ڈھونڈ رہا ہوں۔

   āj kal ma͠i kām ḍhūnḍ rahā hū̃

   These days I'm looking for a job.

3. favour, chore

   میرے لئے ایک کام کرنا

   mere liye aik kām karnā

   do me a favour ...

4. function, purpose

   Synonym: مقصد (maqsad)

   یہ مشین گھاس کاٹنے کا کام دے گی۔

   yih maśīn ghās kāṭne kā kām de gī.

   This machine will serve as the grass cutter.

5. (poetry, figuratively) deed, work, attribute

   محمد ہی نام اور محمد ہی کام

   muḥammad hī nām aur muḥammad hī kām

   Muhammad - admired is his name; admired are his deeds

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काम (kāma).

کام • (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

1. wish
2. desire
3. longing
4. affection
5. passion
6. lust
7. love

Borrowed from Classical Persian کام (kām); see there for more.

کام • (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

1. wish
2. desire
3. design
4. intention
5. (anatomy) palate, uraniscus