कम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کم‎ (kam, “little, few”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəm/, [kə̃m]

Adjective

कम • (kam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کم‎)

  1. less (in lower degree; to smaller extent)
    आज बहुत कम बरसात हुई है। ― āj bahut kam barsāt huī hai. ― Today is has rained less.
  2. little (not much)

Determiner

कम • (kam) (Urdu spelling کم‎)

  1. few (small number)
    मैंने कम गाजर लिए है। ― mainne kam gājar lie hai. ― I have taken a few carrots.

Synonyms

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

कम

  1. Devanagari script form of kama, second-person singular imperative active of कमति (kamati, “to walk”)
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