क्षमा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā). Doublet of छमा (chamā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʂə.mɑː/, [kʃə.mäː]
Noun
क्षमा • (kṣamā) f (Urdu spelling کشما)
- (formal) a pardon, forgiveness
- मैं आपसे क्षमा माँगता हूँ।
- ma͠i āpse kṣamā māṅgtā hū̃.
- I request forgiveness from you.
- Synonym: माफ़ी (māfī)
Declension
Declension of क्षमा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाएँ kṣamāẽ |
oblique | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाओं kṣamāõ |
vocative | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाओ kṣamāo |
Proper noun
क्षमा • (kṣamā) f (Urdu spelling کشما)
- a female given name, Kshama, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of क्षमा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाएँ kṣamāẽ |
oblique | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाओं kṣamāõ |
vocative | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमाओ kṣamāo |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “क्षमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “क्षमा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓ᭄ᬱᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
- ক্ষমা (Assamese script)
- ক্ষমা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ક્ષમા (Gujarati script)
- ਕੑਸ਼ਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏ꧀ꦰꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
- ក្ឞមា (Khmer script)
- ಕ್ಷಮಾ (Kannada script)
- ກ຺ຩມາ (Lao script)
- ക്ഷമാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢔᠠᠮᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᢢᠠᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- က္ၑမာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
- କ୍ଷମା (Oriya script)
- ꢒ꣄ꢰꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ක්ෂමා (Sinhalese script)
- క్షమా (Telugu script)
- กฺษมา (Thai script)
- ཀྵ་མཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From क्षम् (kṣam, “to be patient, to endure, to put up with”, root) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʂɐ.mɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʂɐ.mɑː/
Noun
क्षमा • (kṣamā) f
- patience, forbearance, indulgence
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- patience, (personified as a daughter of dakṣa and wife of pulaha)
- tameness (as of an antelope)
- resistance
- earth
- name of Durga
- the khadira tree (Acacia catechu)
- name of a female shepherd
- name of a species of the atijagatī- metre
- of a śākta authoress of mantras
- of a river (equals vetravatī-)
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of क्षमा (kṣamā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | क्षमा kṣamā | क्षमे kṣame | क्षमाः kṣamāḥ |
Vocative | क्षमे kṣame | क्षमे kṣame | क्षमाः kṣamāḥ |
Accusative | क्षमाम् kṣamām | क्षमे kṣame | क्षमाः kṣamāḥ |
Instrumental | क्षमया / क्षमा¹ kṣamayā / kṣamā¹ | क्षमाभ्याम् kṣamābhyām | क्षमाभिः kṣamābhiḥ |
Dative | क्षमायै kṣamāyai | क्षमाभ्याम् kṣamābhyām | क्षमाभ्यः kṣamābhyaḥ |
Ablative | क्षमायाः kṣamāyāḥ | क्षमाभ्याम् kṣamābhyām | क्षमाभ्यः kṣamābhyaḥ |
Genitive | क्षमायाः kṣamāyāḥ | क्षमयोः kṣamayoḥ | क्षमाणाम् kṣamāṇām |
Locative | क्षमायाम् kṣamāyām | क्षमयोः kṣamayoḥ | क्षमासु kṣamāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Assamese: ক্ষমা (khoma)
- Bengali: ক্ষমা (kkhma)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀫𑀸 (khamā)
- Old Marathi: क्षमा (kṣamā) / क्षेमा (kṣemā)
- → Marathi: क्षमा (kṣamā)
- → Nepali: क्षमा (kṣamā)
- Pali: khamā
- Punjabi: ਖਿਮਾ (khimā)
- Sindhi: کِما
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀫𑀸 (chamā)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: छमा (chamā)
- Urdu: چهما (chamā)
- Hindustani:
- Awadhi: छमा (chamā)
- Rajasthani: छमा (chamā)
- → Gujarati: ક્ષમા (kṣamā) (learned)
- → Hindustani: (learned)
- Hindi: क्षमा (kṣamā)
- Urdu: کشما (kṣamā)
- Kannada: ಕ್ಷಮೆ (kṣame)
- → Tamil: க்ஷமை (kṣamai) / சமை (camai)
- → Telugu: క్షమ (kṣama)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “क्षमा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 326.