कामना

See also: कमाना, कमान, and कमीना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कामना (kāmanā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːm.nɑː/, [kä̃ːm.näː]

Noun

कामना • (kāmnā) f (Urdu spelling کامنا)

1. wish, desire, inclination, lust

   मैं उसकी सफलता की कामना करता हूँ।

   ma͠i uskī saphaltā kī kāmnā kartā hū̃.

   I wish him success.

Declension

Declension of कामना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कामना kāmnā	कामनाएँ kāmnāẽ
oblique	कामना kāmnā	कामनाओं kāmnāõ
vocative	कामना kāmnā	कामनाओ kāmnāo

Synonyms

• इच्छा (icchā)
• चाह (cāh)
• अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “कामना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kämʌnä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कामना

Noun

कामना • (kāmanā)

1. wish

References

• “कामना”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “कामना”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কামনা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• কামনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကာမနာ (Burmese script)
• કામના (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಮನಾ (Kannada script)
• កាមនា (Khmer script)
• ກາມນາ (Lao script)
• കാമനാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• କାମନା (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කාමනා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• காமநா (Tamil script)
• కామనా (Telugu script)
• กามนา (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root कम् (kam, “to wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”). Wider cognates include Latin cārus whence French cher and English charity, and English whore.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐ.nɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

कामना • (kāmanā) stem, f

1. wish, desire

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कामना

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कामना (kāmanā)	कामने (kāmane)	कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
vocative	कामने (kāmane)	कामने (kāmane)	कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
accusative	कामनाम् (kāmanām)	कामने (kāmane)	कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)
instrumental	कामनया (kāmanayā) कामना¹ (kāmanā¹)	कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām)	कामनाभिः (kāmanābhiḥ)
dative	कामनायै (kāmanāyai)	कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām)	कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ)
ablative	कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ) कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²)	कामनाभ्याम् (kāmanābhyām)	कामनाभ्यः (kāmanābhyaḥ)
genitive	कामनायाः (kāmanāyāḥ) कामनायै² (kāmanāyai²)	कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ)	कामनानाम् (kāmanānām)
locative	कामनायाम् (kāmanāyām)	कामनयोः (kāmanayoḥ)	कामनासु (kāmanāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कामना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0273.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कामना”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343