چم

See also: جم‎, خم‎, and حم‎

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“eye”).

Noun

چم • (camm)

1. eye

See also

• چھم‎ (cham)
• تیلگ‎

Derived terms

• چمگ‎ (cammag)

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Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

• جم‎

Pronunciation

• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəm/

Etymology 1

From Arabic كَمْ‎ (kam).

Determiner

چم • (čam)

1. how many

Related terms

• شكثر‎ (škiṯir, “how much”)

Etymology 2

From Arabic كُمّ‎ (kumm).

Noun

چم • (čam) m (dual چمين‎ (čammēn), plural چموم‎ (čmūm))

1. sleeve

Usage notes

Usually only used in the plural except when the two needs to be emphasized, e.g. نزل چمومك‎ (“lower your [two] sleeves”). Compare similar usage with عين‎ (ʿēn, “eye”).

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Laki

Noun

چم (çim)

1. eye

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (cym /čim/, “reason, cause, purpose, meaning”). Compare Gilaki چم‎ (čem, “mood, meaning, atmosphere”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃam/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃam/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæm/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃam/

Noun

Dari Persian	چم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чам (čam)

چم • (čem, čam) (plural چم‌ها‎ (čem-hâ, čam-hâ))

1. meaning, sense

   Synonym: معنی‎ (ma'ni)

Inflection

Basic forms of چم (čam)

	singular	plural
bare	چم (čam)	چم‌ها (čam-hấ) چما△ (čamấ)
definitive direct object	چم را (čam râ) چم رو△ (čamo)	چم‌ها را (čam-hấ râ) چما رو△ (čamấ ro)
ezâfé	چم (čam-e)	چم‌های (čam-hấ-ye) چمای△ (čamấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	چمی (čam-i)	چم‌هایی (čamấn-i, čam-hấ-i) چمایی△ (čamấi)
△ Colloquial.

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Talysh

Noun

چم (cam)

1. eye

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Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥.

Noun

چم (čam)

1. skin