چم

See also: جم, خم, and حم

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (eye).

Noun

چم • (camm)

  1. eye

Derived terms

See also

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma), from Sanskrit चर्म (cárma).

Noun

چَم (camm

  1. skin, leather, hide, coat, peel, rind
  • چَمْڑو (camṛo)
  • چَمْڑِی (camṛī)

Further reading

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 187.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) “چَمْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 419, column 2.

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَمْ (kam).

Determiner

چم • (čam)

  1. how many

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُمّ (kumm).

Noun

چم • (čamm (dual چمين (čammēn), plural چموم (čmūm))

  1. sleeve
Usage notes

Usually only used in the plural except when the two needs to be emphasized, e.g. نزل چمومك (lower your [two] sleeves). Compare similar usage with عين (ʕēn, eye).

Laki

Noun

چم (çim)

  1. eye

Mazanderani

Noun

چم (čam)

  1. mood
    منه چم نیهmene čam niyeI'm not in the mood

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (cym /⁠čim⁠/, reason, cause, purpose, meaning). Compare Gilaki چم (čem, mood, meaning, atmosphere).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čam
Dari reading? čam
Iranian reading? čam
Tajik reading? čam

Noun

Dari چم
Iranian Persian
Tajik чам

چم • (čem, čam) (plural چم‌ها (čem-hâ, čam-hâ))

  1. meaning, sense
    Synonym: معنی (ma'ni)
Inflection
Basic forms of چم
singular plural
bare چم (čam) چم‌ها، چما (čam-hấ, čamấ)
definitive direct object چم را، چم رو (čam râ, čamo) چم‌ها را، چما رو (čam-hấ râ, čamấ ro)
ezâfe چم (čam-e) چم‌های، چمای (čam-hấ-ye, čamấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
چمی (čam-i) چم‌هایی، چمایی (čamấn-i, čam-hấ-i, čamấi)

Colloquial.

References

Mackenzie, D. N. (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. p. 22. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? čim

Noun

چم • (čim)

  1. (Hazaragi) dialectal form of چشم (čašm)
References
  • Malistani, Tariq (1993) “چم”, in فرهنگ ابتدائی ملی هزاره [farhang-i ibtidā'ī millī-yi hazāra]‎[1] (PDF), SIL International

Talysh

Noun

چم (cam)

  1. eye

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥.

Noun

چم (čam)

  1. skin

Western Cham

Proper noun

چم (transliteration needed)

  1. Cham Jawi spelling of Cam