Cham
English
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Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Cham pl (plural only)
- An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Translations
[edit]ethnic group
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Proper noun
[edit]Cham
- The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
- An abugida used to write this language.
Translations
[edit]language
Adjective
[edit]Cham
- Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
Translations
[edit]pertaining to the Cham people or their language
Further reading
[edit]- Western Cham
- ISO 639-3 code cja (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Western Cham, cja
- Wiktionary's coverage of Western Cham terms
- Eastern Cham
- ISO 639-3 code cjm (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Eastern Cham, cjm
- Wiktionary's coverage of Eastern Cham terms
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Switzerland German Cham.
Proper noun
[edit]Cham
- A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]Cham (plural Chams)
- an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).[1][2][3][4]
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Chameria, Albania
Etymology 5
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham
- A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
References
[edit]- ^ [1] L'étude Euromosaic. "L'arvanite/albanais en Grèce"(English: 'The Arvanite/Albanian in Greece' / German: 'Der Arvanit/Albaner in Griechenland'), year: 2006.
- ^ See Hasluk, 'Christianity and Islam under the Sultans', London, year: 1927.
- ^ [2] "Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania", Tom Winnifrith, Duckworth, year: 2002, London, page: 219
- ^ Winnifrith, Tom (2002) Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania[3], London, UK: Duckworth, →ISBN, retrieved 2009-03-15, page 219
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See cham.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Cham m (plural Cham or Chams, feminine Cham)
- A Cham person
Noun
[edit]Cham m pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of Chams
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Cham”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]After the Chamb, a nearby river, itself from Gaulish *Kambos, perhaps meaning “bend” or “curvature”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)
- Cham (a town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany)
Derived terms
[edit]- Chamer - relating to Cham
- Chamer - Resident in Cham
- Chamauer - relating to Cham
- Chamauer - Resident in Cham
Etymology 2
[edit]From a Celtic word meaning “village”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)
- Cham (a town in Zug canton, Switzerland)
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰaːm/, [kʰäːm]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kam/, [käm]
Proper noun
[edit]Chām m sg (indeclinable)
- a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Chāmus
Declension
[edit]Indeclinable noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Chām |
| genitive | Chām |
| dative | Chām |
| accusative | Chām |
| ablative | Chām |
| vocative | Chām |
Old Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham m pers (possessive adjective Chamóv)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]Declension of Cham (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cham | Chamy | Chami, Chamové |
| genitive | Chama | Chamú | Chamóv |
| dative | Chamu, Chamovi | Chamoma | Chamóm |
| accusative | Chama | Chamy | Chamy |
| vocative | Chame | Chamy | Chami, Chamové |
| locative | Chamu, Chamovi | Chamú | Chamiech |
| instrumental | Chamem | Chamoma | Chamy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Cham”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Cham m pers
Declension
[edit]Declension of Cham
Derived terms
[edit]noun
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
Further reading
[edit]- Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]
- Rhymes: -am
- Syllabification: Cham
Proper noun
[edit]Cham (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/am
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- Tagalog terms spelled with C
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