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चमस

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.məs/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐs]

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमस (camasá).

Noun

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चमस (camasm (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
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit चमस (camasa, spoon). Doublet of चम्मच (cammac).

Noun

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चमस (camasm (Urdu spelling چمس)

  1. a spoon
Declension
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Further reading

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology 1

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From the root चम् (cam, to sip, drink).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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चमस (camasá) stemm

  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
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Masculine a-stem declension of चमस (camasá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चमसः
camasáḥ
चमसौ / चमसा¹
camasaú / camasā́¹
चमसाः / चमसासः¹
camasā́ḥ / camasā́saḥ¹
Vocative चमस
cámasa
चमसौ / चमसा¹
cámasau / cámasā¹
चमसाः / चमसासः¹
cámasāḥ / cámasāsaḥ¹
Accusative चमसम्
camasám
चमसौ / चमसा¹
camasaú / camasā́¹
चमसान्
camasā́n
Instrumental चमसेन
camaséna
चमसाभ्याम्
camasā́bhyām
चमसैः / चमसेभिः¹
camasaíḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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चमस (camasa) stemm

  1. (New Sanskrit) a spoon
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of चमस (camasa)
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

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