चम्

Sanskrit

Sanskrit verb forms
Present	चमति (camati) चम्नोति (camnoti)
Causative	चमयति (camayati)
Desiderative	चिचमिषति (cicamiṣati)
Intensive	चञ्चम्यते (cañcamyate)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စမ် (Burmese script)
• ચમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಮ್ (Kannada script)
• ចម៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈມ຺ (Lao script)
• ചമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• சம் (Tamil script)
• చమ్ (Telugu script)
• จมฺ (Thai script)
• ཙ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷem- (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐm/

Root

चम् • (cam)

1. to sip, drink

Derived terms

• चमस (camasa)
• चमू (camū)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.