চামচ

See also: চামুচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• চামুচ (camuc) — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, “spoon, scoop”), itself borrowed as a clipped form of a Turkic term čömüč (“ladel, dipper”), from Proto-Turkic *čöm- (“to immerse, scoop”), suffixed with the diminutive ـچه (-ča). Doublet of চামচা (camca). Cognate with Assamese চামুচ (samus), Odia ଚାମଚ (cāmaca), Hindustani چمچ / चम्मच (cammac), Gujarati ચમચો (camco), Kannada ಚಮಚ (camaca), Marathi चमचा (camcā), Punjabi ਚਮਚਾ (camcā), Santali ᱪᱚᱢᱚᱪ (cômôc), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠝꠌ (samoso), Telugu చెమ్చా (cemcā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃamot͡ʃ/, [ˈt͡ʃamot͡ʃ], /t͡ʃamut͡ʃ/, [ˈt͡ʃamut͡ʃ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕamotɕ/, [ˈtɕamotɕ], /tɕamutɕ/, [ˈtɕamutɕ]

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Noun

চামচ • (camoc)

1. spoon

Derived terms

• কাঁটা চামচ (kãṭa camoc)