nikāma 1 · nikāma 2
Nikāma [Vedic nikāma, ni + kāma] desire, pleasure, longing: only in compounds; see nanikāma. -kāra read by Kern ( Toev. 174) at Thag 1271 for na kāmakāra but unjustified (see Pj II on Snp 351); -lābhin gaining pleasure S II 278; M I 354; III 110; A II 23, 36; Pp 11, 12; Vibh 332.
(adj, adj, from nikāmeti) pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; good [lit.] desiring down Construction: ni + √kam > kām + *a
(masc, masc, in comps, from nikāmeti) desire; wish; craving [lit.] desiring down Construction: ni + √kam > kām + *a