ਚਸ਼ਮਾ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Classical Persian چشم (čašm, “eye”), from Middle Persian AYNE, čšm (čašm, “eye”), from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, *čašman, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Cognate with Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā).

Noun

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ਚਸ਼ਮਾ • (caśmā) m (Shahmukhi spelling چشمه)

  1. glasses, spectacles, goggles
    Synonym: ਐਨਕ (ainak)
  2. spring, fountain
    Synonym: ਸੋਮਾ (somā)

Further reading

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  • “ਚਸ਼ਮਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
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