چام

See also: حام, جام, and خام

Munji

Noun

چام (čām)

  1. eye

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْع (šamʕ, “wax; candle; torch”).[1] The initial affrication is found in a few other words like چلتیك (çeltik, “rice”) and چمشیر (çimşir, “box”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

چام • (çam)

  1. fir
  2. pine

Derived terms

  • چاملق (çamlık)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çam
  • → Albanian: çam
  • → Aromanian: ciam
  • → Bulgarian: чам (čam)
  • → Macedonian: чам (čam)
  • → Romanian: ceam
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ча̏м
    Latin script: čȁm

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “436. ČAM”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎[1], put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 106
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