ขมา

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• khamā (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• खमा (Devanagari script)
• খমা (Bengali script)
• ඛමා (Sinhalese script)
• ခမာ or ၶမႃ (Burmese script)
• ขะมา (Thai script)
• ᨡᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂມາ or ຂະມາ (Lao script)
• ខមា (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ขมา (khamā)

1. Thai script form of khamā, which is inflection of ขม:
   1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
   2. nominative/vocative plural masculine
   3. nominative singular feminine
   4. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (khama, “patient”)

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali khamā (“forbearance; forgiveness”), from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā). Cognate with Khmer ខមា (khɑmiə). Doublet of กษมา and ษมา.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ขมา kʰ m ā
Phonemic		ขะ-มา kʰ a – m ā
Romanization	Paiboon	kà-maa
	Royal Institute	kha-ma
(standard) IPA(key)		/kʰa˨˩.maː˧/(R)

Noun

ขมา • (kà-maa)

1. (elegant) forbearance (from taking offence or giving punishment); disposition (to show clemency, forbearance, or mercy in punishing).
2. (formal, elegant) forgiveness; pardon.

Verb

ขมา • (kà-maa) (abstract noun การขมา)

1. (elegant) to beg forgiveness; to beg pardon; to offer an apology.
2. (Buddhism) to express an apology to a dead person by reciting a certain formula.

Derived terms

• ขอขมา
• ขอขมาลาโทษ
• เครื่องขมา
• ตบหัวกลางศาลา ขอขมาที่บ้าน