चमू

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमू (camū́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.muː/, [t͡ʃɐ.muː]

Noun

चमू • (camū) f (Urdu spelling چَمُو)

1. (rare, formal) an army
2. an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)

Declension

Declension of चमू (fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमू camū	चमुएँ camuẽ
oblique	चमू camū	चमुओं camuõ
vocative	चमू camū	चमुओ camuo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चमू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• चम्वि (camvi) — dated

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চমূ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
• চমূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• စမူ (Burmese script)
• ચમૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಮೂ (Kannada script)
• ចមូ (Khmer script)
• ຈມູ (Lao script)
• ചമൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
• ଚମୂ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
• චමූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
• சமூ (Tamil script)
• చమూ (Telugu script)
• จมู (Thai script)
• ཙ་མཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compare चमस (camasa) and the root चम् (cam, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.múː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.muː/

Noun

चमू • (camū́) stem, f

1. a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the soma is poured
2. the two great receptacles of all living beings, heaven and earth (always used in the dual form)
3. a coffin
4. an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of चमू

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चमूः (camū́ḥ)	चम्वौ (camvaù) चमू¹ (camū́¹)	चम्वः (camvàḥ) चमूः¹ (camū́ḥ¹)
vocative	चमु (cámu)	चम्वौ (cámvau) चमू¹ (cámū¹)	चम्वः (cámvaḥ) चमूः¹ (cámūḥ¹)
accusative	चमूम् (camū́m)	चम्वौ (camvaù) चमू¹ (camū́¹)	चमूः (camū́ḥ)
instrumental	चम्वा (camvā́)	चमूभ्याम् (camū́bhyām)	चमूभिः (camū́bhiḥ)
dative	चम्वै (camvaí)	चमूभ्याम् (camū́bhyām)	चमूभ्यः (camū́bhyaḥ)
ablative	चम्वाः (camvā́ḥ) चम्वै² (camvaí²)	चमूभ्याम् (camū́bhyām)	चमूभ्यः (camū́bhyaḥ)
genitive	चम्वाः (camvā́ḥ) चम्वै² (camvaí²)	चम्वोः (camvóḥ)	चमूनाम् (camū́nām)
locative	चम्वाम् (camvā́m)	चम्वोः (camvóḥ)	चमूषु (camū́ṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

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