Urdu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča, čumča), from Turkic.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

چَمَّچ (cammacm (Hindi spelling चम्मच)

  1. spoon; ladle
  2. a type of bird

Declension edit

Declension of چمچ
singular plural
direct چَمَّچ (cammac) چَمَّچ (cammac)
oblique چَمَّچ (cammac) چَمَّچوں (cammacō̃)
vocative چَمَّچ (cammac) چَمَّچو (cammacō)

Further reading edit

  • چمچ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چمچ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چمچ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.