चमस
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमस (camasá).
Noun edit
चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)
- 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)
- a Papadum
- a Laddu
- the flour of the Urad bean
Declension edit
Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit चमस (camasa, “spoon”). Doublet of चम्मच (cammac).
Noun edit
चमस • (camas) m (Urdu spelling چمس)
- a spoon
Declension edit
Declension of चमस (masc cons-stem)
Further reading edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
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 edit
From the root चम् (cam, “to sip, drink”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चमस • (camasá) stem, m
- 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)
- the priest who manages the drinking vessel
- name of a place of pilgrimage where the Sarasvati River is said to have burst forth
- a cake (made of barley, rice, or lentils, ground to meal), sweetmeat, flour
Declension edit
| 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 |
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Etymology 2 edit
Phono-semantic matching of Classical Persian چمچه (čamča).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चमस • (camasa) stem, m
- (New Sanskrit) a spoon
Declension edit
| 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 edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “चमस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.