kham
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀔𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- खम् (Devanagari script)
- খম্ (Bengali script)
- ඛම් (Sinhalese script)
- ခမ် or ၶမ် (Burmese script)
- ขมฺ or ขัม (Thai script)
- ᨡᨾ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
- ຂມ຺ or ຂັມ (Lao script)
- ខម៑ (Khmer script)
- 𑄈𑄟𑄴 (Chakma script)
Root
kham
- to find bearable
Derived terms
- khamati (“he endures”)
Phalura
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kham/
Adverb
kham (Perso-Arabic spelling کھم)
- Co-lexicalized intensifier
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma),[1][2] from Sanskrit घर्म (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).[1][2][3] Cognate with Nepali घाम (ghām, “sun, sunlight”), Gujarati ઘામ (ghām, “heat, perspiration”).
Descendants
- Caló: cam
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gharmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 240
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kham”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 155a
- Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 34, 39, 40
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o kham, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 211b
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 堪.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːm˧˧] ~ [xaːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaːm˧˧] ~ [xaːm˧˧]
Derived terms
- kham khổ (“miserable”)
- kham nhẫn (“enduring”)
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