चश्मा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چشمه (čašma, “spring, source; spectacles”), related to چشم (čašm, “eye”), itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Related to Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu). Other borrowings from Persian are Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/, [t͡ʃɐʃ.mäː]
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m (Urdu spelling چشمہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चश्मा caśmā |
चश्मे caśme |
| oblique | चश्मे caśme |
चश्मों caśmõ |
| vocative | चश्मे caśme |
चश्मो caśmo |
Derived terms
- काला चश्मा (kālā caśmā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चश्मा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕəɕ.ma/
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m
- alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)
Nepali
Alternative forms
- चस्मा (casmā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).
Pronunciation
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā)
Further reading
- “चश्मा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चश्मा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “चस्मा”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 170