Cham

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

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Noun

Cham pl (plural only)

  1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Proper noun

Cham

  1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
  2. An abugida used to write this language.
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Adjective

Cham

  1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
Translations

Further reading
Western Cham
Eastern Cham

Etymology 2

From German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

  1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.
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Etymology 3

From Switzerland German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

  1. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
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Etymology 4

From Albanian Çam m.

Noun

Cham (plural Chams)

  1. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).[1][2][3][4]
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References
  1. L'étude Euromosaic. "L'arvanite/albanais en Grèce"(English: 'The Arvanite/Albanian in Greece' / German: 'Der Arvanit/Albaner in Griechenland'), year: 2006.
  2. See Hasluk, 'Christianity and Islam under the Sultans', London, year: 1927.
  3. "Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania", Tom Winnifrith, Duckworth, year: 2002, London, page: 219
  4. Winnifrith, Tom (2002) Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania‎, London, UK: Duckworth, →ISBN, retrieved 2009-03-15, page 219

Anagrams

French

Etymology

See cham.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃam/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Cham m (plural Cham or Chams, feminine Cham)

  1. A Cham person

Noun

Cham m pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of Chams

Further reading

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 n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

  1. Cham (a town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany)
Derived terms
  1. Chamer - relating to Cham
    Chamer - Resident in Cham
    Chamauer - relating to Cham
    Chamauer - Resident in Cham

Etymology 2

From a Celtic word meaning “village”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xaːm]

Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

  1. Cham (a town in Zug canton, Switzerland)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chām m sg (indeclinable)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Chāmus

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Chām
Genitive Chām
Dative Chām
Accusative Chām
Ablative Chām
Vocative Chām

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: Cham
  • Homophone: cham

Proper noun

Cham m pers

  1. (biblical) Ham (son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

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

Derived terms
noun
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs

Further reading
  • Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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