चष्मा

Marathi

Alternative forms

• चश्मा (caśmā)

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Persian چشم (čašm, “eye”), from Middle Persian AYNE, čšm (čašm, “eye”), from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, *čašman, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Cognate with Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəʂ.ma/

Noun

चष्मा • (caṣmā) m

1. spectacles, glasses

Declension

Declension of चष्मा (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	चष्मा caṣmā
direct plural	चष्मे caṣme
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चष्मा caṣmā		चष्मे caṣme
oblique सामान्यरूप	चष्म्या caṣmyā		चष्म्यां- caṣmyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चष्म्याला caṣmyālā		चष्म्यांना caṣmyānnā
ergative	चष्म्याने, चष्म्यानं caṣmyāne, caṣmyāna		चष्म्यांनी caṣmyānnī
instrumental	चष्म्याशी caṣmyāśī		चष्म्यांशी caṣmyānśī
locative सप्तमी	चष्म्यात caṣmyāt		चष्म्यांत caṣmyāt
vocative संबोधन	चष्म्या caṣmyā		चष्म्यांनो caṣmyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चष्मा (masc ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चष्म्याचा caṣmyāċā	चष्म्याचे caṣmyāċe	चष्म्याची caṣmyācī	चष्म्याच्या caṣmyācā	चष्म्याचे, चष्म्याचं caṣmyāċe, caṣmyāċa	चष्म्याची caṣmyācī	चष्म्याच्या caṣmyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चष्म्यांचा caṣmyānċā	चष्म्यांचे caṣmyānċe	चष्म्यांची caṣmyāñcī	चष्म्यांच्या caṣmyāncā	चष्म्यांचे, चष्म्यांचं caṣmyānċe, caṣmyānċa	चष्म्यांची caṣmyāñcī	चष्म्यांच्या caṣmyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चष्मा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चश्मा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चश्मा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).