چمچہ

See also: چمچه

Baluchi

Noun

چمچہ • (camca)

  1. spoon

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَمْچَه (čamča), from Turkic.

Pronunciation

Noun

چَمْچَہ • (camca) m (Hindi spelling चम्चा)

  1. (figuratively) pet, puppet; stooge
  2. alternative form of چَمَچ (camac, “spoon”)

Declension

Declension of چمچہ
singular plural
direct چَمْچَہ (camcah) چَمْچے (camce)
oblique چَمْچے (camce) چَمْچوں (camcõ)
vocative چَمْچے (camce) چَمْچو (camco)

Further reading

  • “چمچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “چمچہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چمچہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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