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kama¹

  • /kɑmə/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːmə

Where it comes from

From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).

noun kama

  1. A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

kama²

  • /kɑmə/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːmə

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma).

noun

  1. Hinduism, uncountable The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition. The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha).

Kama³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian Ка́ма (Káma).

proper noun

  1. A major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga. It was led by Sen. Henry Javkson (D-Wash.), who referred at some length to an IBM computer and assorted other technology we have sold the Russians for use in their vast Kama River truck plant.

Kama⁴

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma, “love”).

proper noun

  1. Hinduism The Hindu god of love, Kamadeva Fundamentally, the doctrine and technique of Kāma go back to primitive antiquity.

    Similar: Kamadeva

Kama⁵

Where it comes from

Various origins:

* Borrowed from Hindi काम (kām), a typical surname of Andhra Pradesh.

* Borrowed from Polish Kama, a surname of unexplained origin.

* Borrowed from Turkish Kama, a metonymic occupational surname from kama (“wedge”).

proper noun Kamas

  1. A surname.

Translations

Every language

name river

日本語カマ川 Kama-kawa
中文卡馬河 /卡马河 Kǎmǎhé
FrançaisKama
DeutschKama
РусскийКа́ма Káma

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{kama_2026,
  title = {kama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}