កម្ម៌

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin karmma‍
Pallava ‍

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman, “action, activity, deed”). Compare Pali kamma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kar ~ karˈmaː/

Noun

កម្ម៌ (karmma)

  1. act, deed; action, professor, pedagogue.
  2. karma, the philosophical principle of acts as yielding their just effects.
  3. labor, work; employment, occupation.
  4. rite, sacrifice
  5. Slavename.

Derived terms

The derivation may actually have occurred in Sanskrit or Pali,

  • កាយកម្ម៌ (“kāyakarmma”)
  • មនោកម្ម៌ (“manokarmma”)
  • វចិកម្ម៌ (“vacikarmma”)
  • សកម្ម៌ (“sakarmma”)
  • អធម៌កម្ម៌ (“ʼadharmakarmma”)

Descendants

  • Khmer: កម្ម (kam)
  • Lao: ກຳ (kam)
  • Thai: กรรม (gam)
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