चाम
Haryanvi
Noun
चाम (cām)
- leather
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma), from Sanskrit चर्म (carma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (“skin, hide, pelt”). Cognate with Marathi चाम (cām), Gujarati ચામ (cām), Khmer ចម្ម (cam), and more distantly with Classical Persian چَرْم (čarm) and Latin corium (“skin”). Doublet of चर्म (carm), and related to चमड़ा (camṛā, “leather”) and चमगादड़ (camgādaṛ, “bat”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːm/, [t͡ʃä̃ːm]
Noun
चाम • (cām) m (Urdu spelling چام)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चाम cām |
चाम cām |
| oblique | चाम cām |
चामों cāmõ |
| vocative | चाम cām |
चामो cāmo |
Derived terms
- चाम के दाम (cām ke dām)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cāma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press