চশম

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চশ্ম (cośmo)
• চসম (cośom) — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَشْم (čašm), from Middle Persian [script needed] (AYNE), [script needed] (čšm /⁠čašm⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma. Doublet of চোখ (cōkh) and চশমা (cośma).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔʃom/, [ˈt͡ʃɔʃom]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕɔʃom/, [ˈtɕɔʃom]

Noun

চশম • (cośom) (objective চশম (cośom) or চশমকে (cośmoke), genitive চশমের (cośmer), locative চশমে (cośme) or চশমেতে (cośmete))

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonyms: চোখ (cōkh), নয়ন (noẏon), আঁখি (ãkhi)

   আমি উনাকে খোদ চশমে দেখেছিলাম

   ami unake khōd cośme dekhechilam

   I saw him with my own eyes.

Derived terms

• চশমখোর (cośmokhōr)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “চশম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “চশম, চসম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh