Urdu

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमू (camū́).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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چَمُو (camūf (Hindi spelling चमू) (rare)

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

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ćamū”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.