1. كرَمُ-
kramu- m. Betelnußbaum, kl. kembuka- n. Kohl, s. ferner krumukd-. - Mi., nu., ni,, vgl. Fortsetzer (in Baumnamen) von *krfa)muka-, *krmru-, *kembu-/*kimbu-, *krmukali-, *rmbuka- u. ähnl. bei Tu 3440, TuAdd 3440a (mit Lit.). - Unklar. Wohl Fremdwort, sofern die angeführten Variationsformen in der JüS und in den Fortsetzersprachen wirklich zusammengehören (?). - Nicht weiterführende Hinweise auf Pflanzennamen idg. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. kramu-, p. 450]
2. كرَم
kram cl. 1. P. Ā. krāmati ( Pāṇ. vii, 3, 76 ; ep. also kramati), kramate ( Pāṇ. i, 3, 43 , ep. also krāmate; according to Pāṇ. iii, 1, 70 also cl. 4. P. krāmyati [kramyati, Vop. ]; aor. akramīt, RV. &c.; Ā. kramiṣṭa, kraṃsate [ RV. i, 121, 1 ], 3. pl. cakramanta [ RV. ii, 19, 2 ]; perf. cakrāma, or cakrame; p. cakramāṇa, RV. x, 123, 3 ; fut. kramiṣyati or kraṃsyate ind.p. krāntvā, krantvā, or kramitvā, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 18 and vii, 2, 36 ), to step, walk, go, go towards, approach (with accha, adhi acc. or loc. ), RV. ; AV. ; TS. &c.; to approach in order to ask for assistance (with loc. ), AV. iv, 11, 12 and xix, 17, 1 ; to go across, go over, MBh. ; R. &c.; Ved. to climb (as on a tree's branch), Pāṇ. vii, 1, 40 , Kāś. ; to cover (in copulation), AV. iv, 4, 7 ; to stretch over, project over, tower above, ( ind.p. krāntvā), Ragh. i, 14 ; to take possession of Pañcat. ; Ā. to undertake, strive after, make effort for ( dat. ), Pāṇ. i, 3, 38 ; iii, 1, 14 , Kāś. ; ( loc. ), Bhaṭṭ. xv, 20 ; Ā. ( Pāṇ. i, 3, 38 ) to proceed well, advance, make progress, gain a footing, succeed, have effect, MBh. ; R. ; Bhaṭṭ. ; to be appliable or practicable, Sarvad. ; P. to be liable to the peculiar arrangement of a Vedic text called Krama ( i.e. to be doubled, as a letter or word), RPrāt. vi, 4 ; Ā. to read according to the Krama arrangement of a Vedic text, RPrāt. ; Lāṭy. (akrānta) : Caus. P. kramayati, to cause to step, ŚBr. v ; xi ; kramayati or krām, to make liable to the peculiar arrangement called Krama ( i.e. to double a letter or word), RPrāt. &c.: Intens. caṅkramyate ( Pāṇ. iii, 1, 23 , Kāś. ; p. caṅkramyamāṇa [ TS. vii, 1, 19, 3 ; MBh. ] or kramam, MBh. i, 7919 & BhP. v, 6, 7 ) or caṅkramīti ( MBh. xiv, 137 and 141 ; impf. 2. pl. caṅkramata, RV. viii, 55, 4 ; fut. p. caṅkramiṣyat, TS. vii, 1, 19, 3 ; ind.p. mitvā, Vop. v, 3 ; cf. mita), to step to and fro, walk or wander about.