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चश्मा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چشمه (čašma, spring, source; spectacles), related to چشم (čašm, eye), itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (sight). Related to Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu). Other borrowings from Persian are Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/, [t͡ʃɐʃ.mäː]

Noun

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चश्मा (caśmām (Urdu spelling چشمہ)

  1. spectacles, glasses
    Synonym: ऐनक (ainak)
  2. source, spring, fountain

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Derived terms

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References

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Marathi

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Noun

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चश्मा (caśmām

  1. Alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)

Nepali

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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चश्मा (caśmā)

  1. spectacles, glasses

Further reading

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  • चश्मा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चश्मा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar