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
Alternative forms
  • kama (Latin script)
  • 𑀓𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • কম (Bengali script)
  • කම (Sinhalese script)
  • ကမ or ၵမ (Burmese script)
  • กม or กะมะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກມ or ກະມະ (Lao script)
  • កម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

कम

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