Cham

See also: cham, ćham, chấm, châm, Châm, chậm, and Cham.

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃæm/

Noun

1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Translations

ethnic group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占族 (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšam
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
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• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: чам (ru) m (čam), тям (ru) m (tjam)
• Thai: จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Proper noun

Cham

1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占語 (zhānyǔ), 占语 (zhānyǔ)

• Finnish: tšam
• Japanese: チャム語 (ja) (チャムご, chamugo)
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• Khmer: ភាសាចាម (phiəsaacaam)
• Korean: 참어 (chameo)
• Thai: ภาษาจาม, จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Chăm, tiếng Chàm

Adjective

Cham

1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.

Translations

pertaining to the Cham people or their language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占 (zh) (zhān), 占族 (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšamilainen
• French: cham (fr)
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
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• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Russian: ча́мский (čámskij), тя́мский (tjámskij)
• Thai: จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Further reading

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Etymology 2

From German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.

Translations

town in Germany

• Bavarian: Cham
• Czech: Kouba
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• German: Cham

Etymology 3

From German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Zug, Switzerland.

Translations

town in Switzerland

• German: Cham

  Alemannic German: Choom

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Anagrams

• ACMH, HAMC, HMAC, Mach, Mach., mach.

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German

Etymology 1

After the Chamb, a nearby river, itself from Gaulish *Kambos, perhaps meaning “bend” or “curvature”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaːm]

Proper noun

Cham

1. Cham (a town in Germany)

Etymology 2

From a Celtic word meaning “village”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaːm]

Proper noun

Cham

1. Cham (a town in Switzerland)

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Polish

Etymology

From Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).

Proper noun

Cham m

1. Ham (son of Noah)

Declension

Declension of Cham

	singular
nominative	Cham
genitive	Chama
dative	Chamowi
accusative	Chama
instrumental	Chamem
locative	Chamie
vocative	Chamie