чам

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"

Chechen

Noun

чам • (čam) class ?

1. a taste

Ingush

Noun

чам • (čam) class ?

1. a taste

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃam]
• Hyphenation: чам

Noun

чам • (čam) m (plural чамови)

1. fir, pine
2. pinewood

Declension

Declension of чам

	singular	plural
indefinite	чам (čam)	чамови (čamovi)
definite unspecified	чамот (čamot)	чамовите (čamovite)
definite proximal	чамов (čamov)	чамовиве (čamovive)
definite distal	чамон (čamon)	чамовине (čamovine)
vocative	чаму (čamu)	чамови (čamovi)
count form	—	чама (čama)

Derived terms

• чамовина f (čamovina)

References

• “чам” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Nivkh

Etymology

From earlier *camŋ. Compare Evenki шаман.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰam/

Noun

чам (ț’am)

1. (zoology, Amur) eagle
2. (Amur) shaman

Related terms

• чамӈ (ț’amŋ) — East Sakhalin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to ча́мац (“boat”) and ча̀мџија.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃâm/

Noun

ча̏м m inan (Latin spelling čȁm)

1. (regional) fir

   Synonym: је́ла

Declension

Declension of чам

	singular	plural
nominative	чам	чамови
genitive	чама	чамова
dative	чаму	чамовима
accusative	чам	чамове
vocative	чаме	чамови
locative	чаму	чамовима
instrumental	чамом	чамовима

Derived terms

• ча́мац
• ча̏мовина

References

• “чам”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162