ขมา

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • khamā (Latin script)
  • 𑀔𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • खमा (Devanagari script)
  • খমা (Bengali script)
  • ඛමා (Sinhalese script)
  • ခမာ or ၶမႃ (Burmese script)
  • ขะมา (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨾᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂມາ or ຂະມາ (Lao script)
  • ខមា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄟𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ขมา (khamā)

  1. Thai script form of khamā, which is inflection of ขม:
    1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
    2. nominative/vocative plural masculine
    3. nominative singular feminine
    4. nominative/vocative/accusative plural (khama, “patient”)

Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali khamā (“forbearance; forgiveness”), from Sanskrit क्षमा (kṣamā). Cognate with Khmer ខមា (khɑmiə). Doublet of กษมา and ษมา.

Pronunciation
Orthographicขมา
kʰ m ā
Phonemic
ขะ-มา
kʰ a – m ā
RomanizationPaiboonkà-maa
Royal Institutekha-ma
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰa˨˩.maː˧/(R)

Noun

ขมา • (kà-maa)

  1. (elegant) forbearance (from taking offence or giving punishment); disposition (to show clemency, forbearance, or mercy in punishing).
  2. (formal, elegant) forgiveness; pardon.

Verb

ขมา • (kà-maa) (abstract noun การขมา)

  1. (elegant) to beg forgiveness; to beg pardon; to offer an apology.
  2. (Buddhism) to express an apology to a dead person by reciting a certain formula.

Derived terms
  • ขอขมา
  • ขอขมาลาโทษ
  • เครื่องขมา
  • ตบหัวกลางศาลา ขอขมาที่บ้าน
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