चमू

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमू (camū́).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

चमू • (camū) f (Urdu spelling چَمُو)

1. (rare, formal) an army
2. an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)

Declension

Declension of चमू (fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमू camū	चमुएँ camuẽ
oblique	चमू camū	चमुओं camuõ
vocative	चमू camū	चमुओ camuo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चमू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• चम्वि (camvi) — dated

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চমূ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
• চমূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• စမူ (Burmese script)
• ચમૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಮೂ (Kannada script)
• ចមូ (Khmer script)
• ຈມູ (Lao script)
• ചമൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
• ଚମୂ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
• චමූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
• சமூ (Tamil script)
• చమూ (Telugu script)
• จมู (Thai script)
• ཙ་མཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compare चमस (camasa) and the root चम् (cam, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.múː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɐ.muː/

Noun

चमू • (camū́) stem, f

1. a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the soma is poured
2. the two great receptacles of all living beings, heaven and earth (always used in the dual form)
3. a coffin
4. an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of चमू (camū́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चमूः camū́ḥ	चम्वौ / चमू¹ camvaù / camū́¹	चम्वः / चमूः¹ camvàḥ / camū́ḥ¹
Vocative	चमु cámu	चम्वौ / चमू¹ cámvau / cámū¹	चम्वः / चमूः¹ cámvaḥ / cámūḥ¹
Accusative	चमूम् camū́m	चम्वौ / चमू¹ camvaù / camū́¹	चमूः camū́ḥ
Instrumental	चम्वा camvā́	चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām	चमूभिः camū́bhiḥ
Dative	चम्वै camvaí	चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām	चमूभ्यः camū́bhyaḥ
Ablative	चम्वाः / चम्वै² camvā́ḥ / camvaí²	चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām	चमूभ्यः camū́bhyaḥ
Genitive	चम्वाः / चम्वै² camvā́ḥ / camvaí²	चम्वोः camvóḥ	चमूनाम् camū́nām
Locative	चम्वाम् camvā́m	चम्वोः camvóḥ	चमूषु camū́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

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