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چمچہ

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See also: چمچه

Baluchi

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Noun

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چمچہ (camca)

  1. spoon

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چَمْچَه (čamča), from Turkic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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چَمْچَہ (camcam (Hindi spelling चम्चा)

  1. (figuratively) pet, puppet; stooge
  2. alternative form of چَمَچ (camac, spoon)

Declension

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    Declension of چمچہ
singular plural
direct چَمْچَہ (camcah) چَمْچے (camce)
oblique چَمْچے (camce) چَمْچوں (camcõ)
vocative چَمْچے (camce) چَمْچو (camco)

Further reading

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  • چمچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چمچہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چمچہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.