कर्दम

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• কৰ্দম (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬃᬤᬫ (Balinese script)
• কর্দম (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰟𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ကရ်္ဒမ (Burmese script)
• કર્દમ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰ੍ਦਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦂꦢꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂠𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರ್ದಮ (Kannada script)
• កទ៌ម (Khmer script)
• ກຣ຺ທມ (Lao script)
• കര്ദമ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᡩᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘟𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᢑᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑦿𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐡𑐩 (Newa script)
• କର୍ଦମ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬ꣄ꢣꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆢𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖟𑖦 (Siddham script)
• කර්‍දම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩭𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚛𑚢 (Takri script)
• கர்த³ம (Tamil script)
• కర్దమ (Telugu script)
• กรฺทม (Thai script)
• ཀ་རྡ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒠𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨛𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kaẓVt.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.dɐ.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.d̪ɐ.mɐ/

Noun

कर्दम • (kardama) stem, ?

1. mud, dirt, clay
2. mire, slime, muck, filth
3. dregs, faex
4. shadow, shade, dimness
5. moral squalor, sin

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कर्दम”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]