កម្ម

Khmer

noun
Definitions
  • action, act, deed, manual work
  • activity
  • karma
  • consequence, result especially of a past deed
  • actions, thoughts from a prior existence which produced effects in a subsequent existence, the results of karma
  • fate, calamity
  • (grammar) object, complement

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kamma (action, activity) borrowed from Sanskrit कर्मन् (action, act, performance, activity, work, rite, deed, first member of a compound, duty, doer).

Origin

Sanskrit

कर्मन्

Gloss

action, act, performance, activity, work, rite, deed, first member of a compound, duty, doer

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

働

Emoji
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