चकमा

Hindi

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit *चक्रकर्म (*cakrakarma), from चक्र (cakra, “cycle”) +‎ कर्म (karma, “action”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃək.mɑː/, [t͡ʃɐk.mäː]

Noun

चकमा • (cakmā) m (Urdu spelling چَکْمَا)

1. cheating, trickery, deception

   Synonym: धोखा (dhokhā)

Declension

Declension of चकमा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चकमा cakmā	चकमे cakme
oblique	चकमे cakme	चकमों cakmõ
vocative	चकमे cakme	चकमो cakmo

Derived terms

• चकमा देना (cakmā denā, “to cheat, spoof”)
• चकमा खाना (cakmā khānā, “to be cheated”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चकमा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press