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)

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
Romanization	Royal Institute	kha-ma
(standard) IPA^(key)		/kʰa˨˩.maː˧/^(R)

Noun

ขมา • (kà-maa)

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

Verb

ขมา • (kà-maa) (abstract noun การขมา)

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

Derived terms

ขอขมา
ขอขมาลาโทษ
เครื่องขมา
ตบหัวกลางศาลา ขอขมาที่บ้าน