चमू
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमू (camū́).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चमू • (camū) f (Urdu spelling چَمُو)
- (rare, formal) an army
- an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)
Declension edit
Declension of चमू (fem ū-stem)
References edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चमू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “चमू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- চমূ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
- চমূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- စမူ (Burmese script)
- ચમૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಮೂ (Kannada script)
- ចមូ (Khmer script)
- ຈມູ (Lao script)
- ചമൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଚମୂ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
- චමූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
- சமூ (Tamil script)
- చమూ (Telugu script)
- จมู (Thai script)
- ཙ་མཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Compare चमस (camasa) and the root चम् (cam, “to drink”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चमू • (camū́) stem, f
- a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the soma is poured
- the two great receptacles of all living beings, heaven and earth (always used in the dual form)
- a coffin
- an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)
Declension edit
Feminine ū-stem declension of चमू (camū́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | चमूः camū́ḥ |
चम्वौ / चमू¹ camvaù / camū́¹ |
चम्वः / चमूः¹ camvàḥ / camū́ḥ¹ |
Vocative | चमु cámu |
चम्वौ / चमू¹ cámvau / cámū¹ |
चम्वः / चमूः¹ cámvaḥ / cámūḥ¹ |
Accusative | चमूम् camū́m |
चम्वौ / चमू¹ camvaù / camū́¹ |
चमूः camū́ḥ |
Instrumental | चम्वा camvā́ |
चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām |
चमूभिः camū́bhiḥ |
Dative | चम्वै camvaí |
चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām |
चमूभ्यः camū́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | चम्वाः / चम्वै² camvā́ḥ / camvaí² |
चमूभ्याम् camū́bhyām |
चमूभ्यः camū́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | चम्वाः / चम्वै² camvā́ḥ / camvaí² |
चम्वोः camvóḥ |
चमूनाम् camū́nām |
Locative | चम्वाम् camvā́m |
चम्वोः camvóḥ |
चमूषु camū́ṣu |
Notes |
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References edit
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “camū́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
Further reading edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “चमू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.