چم

See also: جم, خم, and حم

Baluchi

Noun

چم • (camm)

1. eye

See also

• چھم (cham)
• تیلگ

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Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

• جم

Etymology

From Arabic كَمْ (kam) and كَمّ (kamm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəm/

Determiner

چَم • (čam)

1. how many

Related terms

• شكثر (škiṯir, “how much”)

Noun

چَم • (čam) m (dual چَمّين (čammēn), plural چْموم (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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian [Term?] (cym /⁠čim⁠/, “reason, cause, purpose, meaning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰem]
• IPA^(key): [tʃʰæm]

Noun

Dari	چم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чам

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

1. meaning, sense

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of چم (čam) (Iranian Persian)
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) ezâfe 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.

Synonyms

• (meaning): معنی (ma'ni)

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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