"कामना" meaning in Sanskrit

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Noun

IPA: /kɑː.mɐ.nɑː/ [Vedic], /kɑː.mɐ.n̪ɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|sa|sa|कम्|id=}}, {{sa-root|कम्|t=to wish, desire}} From the root कम् (kam, “to wish, desire”), {{der|sa|ine-pro|*keh₂-||to desire, wish}} Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”), {{cog|la|cārus}} Latin cārus, {{cog|fr|cher}} French cher, {{cog|en|charity}} English charity, {{cog|en|whore}} English whore Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f}} कामना • (kāmanā) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f}} Forms: कामना stem or [canonical, feminine], kāmanā [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], कामना [nominative, singular], कामने [dual, nominative], कामनाः [nominative, plural], कामनाम् [accusative, singular], कामने [accusative, dual], कामनाः [accusative, plural], कामनया [instrumental, singular], कामना1 [instrumental, singular], कामनाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], कामनाभिः [instrumental, plural], कामनायै [dative, singular], कामनाभ्याम् [dative, dual], कामनाभ्यः [dative, plural], कामनायाः [ablative, singular], कामनायै2 [ablative, singular], कामनाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], कामनाभ्यः [ablative, plural], कामनायाः [genitive, singular], कामनायै2 [genitive, singular], कामनयोः [dual, genitive], कामनानाम् [genitive, plural], कामनायाम् [locative, singular], कामनयोः [dual, locative], कामनासु [locative, plural], कामने [singular, vocative], कामने [dual, vocative], कामनाः [plural, vocative]
  1. wish, desire
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      "ipa": "/kɑː.mɐ.nɑː/",
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      "ipa": "/kɑː.mɐ.n̪ɑː/",
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        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "कामना"
}

Download raw JSONL data for कामना meaning in Sanskrit (5.3kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.