чам
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"
Chechen
Pronunciation
Noun
чам • (čam) class ?
- a taste
Ingush
Pronunciation
Noun
чам • (čam) class ?
- a taste
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃam]
- Hyphenation: чам
Noun
чам • (čam) m (plural чамови)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | чам (čam) | чамови (čamovi) |
| definite unspecified | чамот (čamot) | чамовите (čamovite) |
| definite proximal | чамов (čamov) | чамовиве (čamovive) |
| definite distal | чамон (čamon) | чамовине (čamovine) |
| vocative | чаму (čamu) | чамови (čamovi) |
| count form | — | чама (čama) |
Derived terms
- чамовина f (čamovina)
References
- “чам” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Nivkh
Etymology
From earlier *camŋ. Compare Evenki шаман.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cʰam/
Noun
чам (ț’am)
Related terms
- чамӈ (ț’amŋ) — East Sakhalin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to ча́мац (“boat”) and ча̀мџија.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃâm/
Noun
ча̏м m inan (Latin spelling čȁm)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чам | чамови |
| genitive | чама | чамова |
| dative | чаму | чамовима |
| accusative | чам | чамове |
| vocative | чаме | чамови |
| locative | чаму | чамовима |
| instrumental | чамом | чамовима |
Derived terms
- ча́мац
- ча̏мовина
References
- “чам”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162