چمچ
Urdu
Alternative forms
- چَمْچَہ (camca)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), from Turkic. Compare Sylheti ꠌꠣꠝꠌ (samoso).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəm.mət͡ʃ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): [t͡ʃə.mət͡ʃ]
- Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ
Noun
چَمَّچ • (cammac) m (Hindi spelling चम्मच)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چَمَّچ (cammac) | چَمَّچ (cammac) |
| oblique | چَمَّچ (cammac) | چَمَّچوں (cammacõ) |
| vocative | چَمَّچ (cammac) | چَمَّچو (cammaco) |
Further reading
- “چمچ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چمچ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “چمچ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]