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)

1. 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)
2. a Papadum
3. a Laddu
4. the flour of the Urad bean

Declension

Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)

	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)

1. a spoon

Declension

Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)

	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

1. 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)
2. the priest who manages the drinking vessel
3. name of a place of pilgrimage where the Sarasvati River is said to have burst forth
4. a cake (made of barley, rice, or lentils, ground to meal), sweetmeat, flour
   1. a Papadum
   2. a Laddu
   3. the flour of the Urad bean

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चमस

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चमसः (camasáḥ)	चमसौ (camasaú) चमसा¹ (camasā́¹)	चमसाः (camasā́ḥ) चमसासः¹ (camasā́saḥ¹)
vocative	चमस (cámasa)	चमसौ (cámasau) चमसा¹ (cámasā¹)	चमसाः (cámasāḥ) चमसासः¹ (cámasāsaḥ¹)
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)

• ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Classical Persian چمچه (čamča).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.mɐ.s̪ɐ/

Noun

चमस • (camasa) stem, m

1. (New Sanskrit) a spoon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चमस

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चमसः (camasaḥ)	चमसौ (camasau)	चमसाः (camasāḥ)
vocative	चमस (camasa)	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)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चमस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.