chàm
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cham"
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [caːm˨˩]
- Homophone: Chàm
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *ɟaːm. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 藍 (SV: lam). Doublet of lam.
The same phonological development can be also seen with chàng and chạp.
Adjective
[edit]- indigo (a dark bluish-purplish color)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]- indigo (color)
- đỏ, cam, vàng, lục, lam, chàm, tím ― red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- (cây~) tree of the genus Indigofera, commonly used to make indigo dye
- (by extension, figurative, literary) crimes
- tay nhúng chàm ― having one's hands dirty by committing crimes
See also
[edit]trắng | xám | đen |
đỏ; thắm, thẫm | cam; nâu | vàng; kem |
vàng chanh | xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục | xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm |
xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két | xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh | xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam |
tím; chàm | tía | hồng |
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably the same as the etymology above.”)

Noun
[edit]chàm
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