چمچہ
See also: چمچه
Baluchi edit
Noun edit
چمچہ • (camca)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian چمچه (čamča), from Turkic.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəm.t͡ʃɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: چَم‧چَہ
Noun edit
چَمْچَہ • (camca) m (Hindi spelling चम्चा)
- (colloquial) sycophant, stooge
- alternative form of چَمَچ (camac)
Declension edit
| Declension of چمچہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | چَمْچہ (camcah) | چَمْچے (camce) |
| oblique | چَمْچے (camce) | چَمْچوں (camcõ) |
| vocative | چَمْچے (camce) | چَمْچو (camco) |
Further reading edit
- “چمچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چمچہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چمچہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.