ചണം

See also: ചാണം and ചുണ

Malayalam

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit शण (śaṇa, “hemp”). Cognate with Kannada ಸೆಣಬು (seṇabu), Tamil சணல் (caṇal) and Telugu జనపనార (janapanāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɳam/

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Noun

ചണം • (caṇaṁ)

Jute (plant)

1. jute; one among the tropical plants Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis which yield strong but coarse fibres used to make mats, gunny bags etc.
2. Fibre from this plant.

Declension

Declension of ചണം
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ചണം (caṇaṁ)	ചണങ്ങൾ (caṇaṅṅaḷ)
Vocative	ചണമേ (caṇamē)	ചണങ്ങളേ (caṇaṅṅaḷē)
Accusative	ചണത്തെ (caṇatte)	ചണങ്ങളെ (caṇaṅṅaḷe)
Dative	ചണത്തിന് (caṇattinŭ)	ചണങ്ങൾക്ക് (caṇaṅṅaḷkkŭ)
Genitive	ചണത്തിന്റെ (caṇattinṟe)	ചണങ്ങളുടെ (caṇaṅṅaḷuṭe)
Locative	ചണത്തിൽ (caṇattil)	ചണങ്ങളിൽ (caṇaṅṅaḷil)
Sociative	ചണത്തിനോട് (caṇattinōṭŭ)	ചണങ്ങളോട് (caṇaṅṅaḷōṭŭ)
Instrumental	ചണത്താൽ (caṇattāl)	ചണങ്ങളാൽ (caṇaṅṅaḷāl)

Derived terms

• ചണച്ചാക്ക് (caṇaccākkŭ)
• ചണത്തുണി (caṇattuṇi)
• ചണനാര് (caṇanārŭ)
• ചണനൂൽ (caṇanūl)

 

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ചണം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ചണം”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/50518
• https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82