चमस

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.məs/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐs]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमस (camasá).

Noun

चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)

1. a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the Soma, kind of flat dish or cup or ladle (generally of a square shape, made of wood and furnished with a handle)
2. a Papadum
3. a Laddu
4. the flour of the Urad bean

Declension

Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमस camas	चमस camas
oblique	चमस camas	चमसों camasõ
vocative	चमस camas	चमसो camaso

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit चमस (camasa, “spoon”). Doublet of चम्मच (cammac).

Noun

चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)

1. a spoon

Declension

Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमस camas	चमस camas
oblique	चमस camas	चमसों camasõ
vocative	चमस camas	चमसो camaso

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চমস (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬫᬲ (Balinese script)
• চমস (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰦𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀫𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• စမသ (Burmese script)
• ચમસ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਮਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌮𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦩꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂧𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಮಸ (Kannada script)
• ចមស (Khmer script)
• ຈມສ (Lao script)
• ചമസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘦𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠮᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧆𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐩𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଚମସ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢪꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆩𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖦𑖭 (Siddham script)
• චමස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩴𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚢𑚨 (Takri script)
• சமஸ (Tamil script)
• చమస (Telugu script)
• จมส (Thai script)
• ཙ་མ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒧𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨢𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From the root चम् (cam, “to sip, drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.mɐ.sɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.mɐ.s̪ɐ/

Noun

चमस • (camasá) stem, m

1. a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the Soma, kind of flat dish or cup or ladle (generally of a square shape, made of wood and furnished with a handle)
2. the priest who manages the drinking vessel
3. name of a place of pilgrimage where the Sarasvati River is said to have burst forth
4. a cake (made of barley, rice, or lentils, ground to meal), sweetmeat, flour
   1. a Papadum
   2. a Laddu
   3. the flour of the Urad bean

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चमस (camasá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चमसः camasáḥ	चमसौ / चमसा¹ camasaú / camasā́¹	चमसाः / चमसासः¹ camasā́ḥ / camasā́saḥ¹
Vocative	चमस cámasa	चमसौ / चमसा¹ cámasau / cámasā¹	चमसाः / चमसासः¹ cámasāḥ / cámasāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चमसम् camasám	चमसौ / चमसा¹ camasaú / camasā́¹	चमसान् camasā́n
Instrumental	चमसेन camaséna	चमसाभ्याम् camasā́bhyām	चमसैः / चमसेभिः¹ camasaíḥ / camasébhiḥ¹
Dative	चमसाय camasā́ya	चमसाभ्याम् camasā́bhyām	चमसेभ्यः camasébhyaḥ
Ablative	चमसात् camasā́t	चमसाभ्याम् camasā́bhyām	चमसेभ्यः camasébhyaḥ
Genitive	चमसस्य camasásya	चमसयोः camasáyoḥ	चमसानाम् camasā́nām
Locative	चमसे camasé	चमसयोः camasáyoḥ	चमसेषु camaséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Classical Persian چمچه (čamča).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.mɐ.s̪ɐ/

Noun

चमस • (camasa) stem, m

1. (New Sanskrit) a spoon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चमस (camasa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चमसः camasaḥ	चमसौ camasau	चमसाः camasāḥ
Vocative	चमस camasa	चमसौ camasau	चमसाः camasāḥ
Accusative	चमसम् camasam	चमसौ camasau	चमसान् camasān
Instrumental	चमसेन camasena	चमसाभ्याम् camasābhyām	चमसैः camasaiḥ
Dative	चमसाय camasāya	चमसाभ्याम् camasābhyām	चमसेभ्यः camasebhyaḥ
Ablative	चमसात् camasāt	चमसाभ्याम् camasābhyām	चमसेभ्यः camasebhyaḥ
Genitive	चमसस्य camasasya	चमसयोः camasayoḥ	चमसानाम् camasānām
Locative	चमसे camase	चमसयोः camasayoḥ	चमसेषु camaseṣu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चमस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.