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

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

Declension of कामना (fem ā-stem)

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]‎, 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)
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)
vocative	कामने (kāmane)	कामने (kāmane)	कामनाः (kāmanāḥ)

• 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