चंपा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka), ultimately from Malay cempaka, Javanese cĕmpaka or another Malayo-Polynesian language, such as Sundanese campaka, Balinese campaka, Minangkabau campagǒ, Madurese compaka, Makasar campaga, Buginese cepaga, Tombulu sampaka.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəm.pɑː/, [t͡ʃɐ̃m.päː]

Noun

चंपा • (campām (Urdu spelling چمپا)

  1. champa flower (Magnolia champaca)
    Synonym: चंपक (campak)

Declension

Declension of चंपा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चंपा
campā
चंपे
campe
oblique चंपे
campe
चंपों
campõ
vocative चंपे
campe
चंपो
campo

Proper noun

चंपा • (campā?

  1. Champa (an ancient kingdom in Vietnam)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चंपा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Gonda, Jan (1975): Selected Studies: Indo-European linguistics