kama

US/kɑmə/

kama noun: a sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

Noun (1)

kama (plural kama)

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

Noun (2)

kama (uncountable)

(Hinduism) 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).1958, V. Raghavan, “Chapter XII: Kāma, The Third End of Man”, in Stephen N Hay, William Theodore De Bary, editors, Sources of Indian Tradition, volume 2, page 258
- Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification).2006, “Indian Erotology”, in Alan Soble, editor, Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-L, page 493

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Kama

Kama

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.1979 August 20, “Editorial: Limiting System Exports”, in Computerworld, page 14
- According to Ponomarev's calculations, the Kama in the 1890s annually supplied the Volga with up to 850000 logs, of which about 250000 came from the Chusovaya, about 250000 from the Vyatka and its tributaries, 150000 from the Belaya,[…].1986, Soviet Geography, volume 27, page 125

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Kama

Kama

(Hinduism) The Hindu god of love, Kamadeva
- Fundamentally, the doctrine and technique of Kāma go back to primitive antiquity.1956, Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Philosophies of India, page 145
- In Indian mythology, Kāma is the counterpart of Cupid.1969, Allie M. Frazier, Readings in Eastern Religious Thought: Hinduism, page 35
Synonyms:

Kamadeva

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Kama

Kama (plural Kamas)

A surname.

kama meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

kama in Tamil

திருமால்புதல்வன், வில்லவன், பெண்தானையான், பஞ்சபாணன், சம்பரசூதனன், வெகுரூபன்

kama in Gujarati

kama: કામ kām

Synonyms of kama

Kamadeva

Forms of kama

Noun
plural	kama
Proper noun
plural	Kamas

Plural of kama: kama

Origin of kama

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

From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma).

Borrowed from Russian Ка́ма (Káma).

Words formed from kama

kama rupa
Kama Sutra

Words that rhyme with kama

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Ruhnama

Questions about kama

What does kama mean?: Kama means a sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
What is kama in Tamil?: Kama in Tamil is திருமால்புதல்வன், வில்லவன், பெண்தானையான். See Kama meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kama?: Kama can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kama?: Kama is pronounced /kɑmə/ (US).
What is the plural of kama?: The plural of kama is kama.

Words near kama in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: kama (page history and authors); Kama (page history and authors); kama (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કામ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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