čam

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to čámac (“boat”) and čàmdžija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃâm/

Noun

čȁm m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏м)

1. (regional) fir

   Synonym: jéla

Declension

Declension of čam

	singular	plural
nominative	čam	čamovi
genitive	čama	čamova
dative	čamu	čamovima
accusative	čam	čamove
vocative	čame	čamovi
locative	čamu	čamovima
instrumental	čamom	čamovima

Derived terms

• čȁmovina

References

• “čam”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162