كما

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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كَ (ka, like) +‎ مَا (, that). Cognate with Ge'ez ክመ (kəmä), Hebrew כמו.

Conjunction

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كَمَا (kamā)

  1. like, as
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:59:
      وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا ٱسْتَأْذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ
      wa-ʔiḏā balaḡa l-ʔaṭfālu minkumu l-ḥuluma falyastaʔḏinū kamā staʔḏana llaḏīna min qablihim
      And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission as those before them have asked.
Synonyms
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Descendants
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  • Salar: kema
  • Swahili: kama

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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ـكُمَا (-kumām du or f du

  1. you, your (masculine or feminine dual bound object pronoun)