चमस
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.məs/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐs]
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमस (camasá).
Noun
चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)
- a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the Soma, kind of flat dish or cup or ladle (generally of a square shape, made of wood and furnished with a handle)
- a Papadum
- a Laddu
- the flour of the Urad bean
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमस camas |
चमस camas |
| oblique | चमस camas |
चमसों camasõ |
| vocative | चमस camas |
चमसो camaso |
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit चमस (camasa, “spoon”). Doublet of चम्मच (cammac).
Noun
चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)
- a spoon
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमस camas |
चमस camas |
| oblique | चमस camas |
चमसों camasõ |
| vocative | चमस camas |
चमसो camaso |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চমস (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬫᬲ (Balinese script)
- চমস (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰦𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀫𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- စမသ (Burmese script)
- ચમસ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਮਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌮𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦩꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂧𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಮಸ (Kannada script)
- ចមស (Khmer script)
- ຈມສ (Lao script)
- ചമസ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘦𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠮᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧆𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐩𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଚମସ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢪꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆩𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖦𑖭 (Siddham script)
- චමස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩴𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚢𑚨 (Takri script)
- சமஸ (Tamil script)
- చమస (Telugu script)
- จมส (Thai script)
- ཙ་མ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒧𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨢𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From the root चम् (cam, “to sip, drink”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.mɐ.sɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.mɐ.s̪ɐ/
Noun
चमस • (camasá) stem, m
- a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the Soma, kind of flat dish or cup or ladle (generally of a square shape, made of wood and furnished with a handle)
- the priest who manages the drinking vessel
- name of a place of pilgrimage where the Sarasvati River is said to have burst forth
- a cake (made of barley, rice, or lentils, ground to meal), sweetmeat, flour
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चमसः (camasáḥ) | चमसौ (camasaú) चमसा¹ (camasā́¹) |
चमसाः (camasā́ḥ) चमसासः¹ (camasā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | चमसम् (camasám) | चमसौ (camasaú) चमसा¹ (camasā́¹) |
चमसान् (camasā́n) |
| instrumental | चमसेन (camaséna) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasā́bhyām) | चमसैः (camasaíḥ) चमसेभिः¹ (camasébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चमसाय (camasā́ya) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasā́bhyām) | चमसेभ्यः (camasébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चमसात् (camasā́t) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasā́bhyām) | चमसेभ्यः (camasébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चमसस्य (camasásya) | चमसयोः (camasáyoḥ) | चमसानाम् (camasā́nām) |
| locative | चमसे (camasé) | चमसयोः (camasáyoḥ) | चमसेषु (camaséṣu) |
| vocative | चमस (cámasa) | चमसौ (cámasau) चमसा¹ (cámasā¹) |
चमसाः (cámasāḥ) चमसासः¹ (cámasāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of Classical Persian چمچه (čamča).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.mɐ.s̪ɐ/
Noun
चमस • (camasa) stem, m
- (New Sanskrit) a spoon
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चमसः (camasaḥ) | चमसौ (camasau) | चमसाः (camasāḥ) |
| accusative | चमसम् (camasam) | चमसौ (camasau) | चमसान् (camasān) |
| instrumental | चमसेन (camasena) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasābhyām) | चमसैः (camasaiḥ) |
| dative | चमसाय (camasāya) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasābhyām) | चमसेभ्यः (camasebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चमसात् (camasāt) | चमसाभ्याम् (camasābhyām) | चमसेभ्यः (camasebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चमसस्य (camasasya) | चमसयोः (camasayoḥ) | चमसानाम् (camasānām) |
| locative | चमसे (camase) | चमसयोः (camasayoḥ) | चमसेषु (camaseṣu) |
| vocative | चमस (camasa) | चमसौ (camasau) | चमसाः (camasāḥ) |
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चमस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.