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?

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, uraniscus

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːm/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /kɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

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

کام • (transliteration needed) 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

   ‏آج کل میں کام ڈھونڈ رہا ہوں۔‎‎

   āj kal ma͠i kām ḍhūnḍ rahā hū̃

   These days I'm looking for a job.

   Synonym: نوکری‎ (naukarī)

3. favour, chore

   ‏میرے لئے ایک کام کرنا‎

   mere liye aik kām karnā

   do me a favour ...

4. function, purpose

   ‏یہ مشین گھاس کاٹنے کا کام دے گی۔‎‎

   yih maśīn ghās kāṭne kā kām de gī.

   This machine will serve as the grass cutter.

   Synonym: مقصد‎ (maqsad)

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

From Sanskrit काम (kāma).

کام • (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

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

From Persian کام‎ (kâm); see there for more.

کام • (kām) m (Hindi spelling काम)

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