चाम

Haryanvi

Noun

चाम (cām)

1. leather

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma), from Sanskrit चर्म (carma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (“skin, hide, pelt”). Cognate with Marathi चाम (cām), Gujarati ચામ (cām), Khmer ចម្ម (cam), and more distantly with Classical Persian چَرْم (čarm) and Latin corium (“skin”). Doublet of चर्म (carm), and related to चमड़ा (camṛā, “leather”) and चमगादड़ (camgādaṛ, “bat”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːm/, [t͡ʃä̃ːm]

Noun

चाम • (cām) m (Urdu spelling چام)

1. skin, hide
2. leather

Declension

Declension of चाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाम cām	चाम cām
oblique	चाम cām	चामों cāmõ
vocative	चाम cām	चामो cāmo

Derived terms

• चाम के दाम (cām ke dām)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cāma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press