kham

See also: Kham, khăm, and khảm

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəm (“to stand, endure”); compare Burmese ခံ (hkam, “to endure, withstand, bear”).

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /kʰam˧/

Verb

kham

  1. to take, receive
  2. to bear, endure

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[2], Payap University, page 53

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀔𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • खम् (Devanagari script)
  • খম্ (Bengali script)
  • ඛම් (Sinhalese script)
  • ခမ် or ၶမ် (Burmese script)
  • ขมฺ or ขัม (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨾ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂມ຺ or ຂັມ (Lao script)
  • ខម៑ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄟𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षम् (kṣam).

Root

kham

  1. to find bearable

Derived terms

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kham/

Adverb

kham (Perso-Arabic spelling کھم)

  1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “kham”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Romani

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás
    Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)
    Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma)
    Romani kham

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.[1][2][3] Cognate with Hindi घाम (ghām, “heat of the sun”), Nepali घाम (ghām, “sun, sunlight”), Gujarati ઘામ (ghām, “heat, perspiration”).

    Noun

    kham m (nominative plural khama)

    1. sun[2][3][4]

    Descendants

    • Caló: cam

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gharmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 240
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kham”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 155a
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 27, 34, 39, 40
    4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o kham, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 211b

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 堪.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːm˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːm˧˧] ~ [xaːm˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːm˧˧] ~ [xaːm˧˧]

    Verb

    kham

    1. to endure

    Derived terms

    • kham khổ (“miserable”)
    • kham nhẫn (“enduring”)
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