চশমা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma, “spring, source; spectacles”), related to چشم (čašm, “eye”), itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Related to Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu). Cognate with Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā). Doublet of চোখ (cōkh) and চক্ষু (cokkhu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔʃma/, [ˈt͡ʃɔʃmaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕɔʃma/, [ˈtɕɔʃmaˑ]

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• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /t̪sɔʃma/, [ˈt̪sɔʃmaˑ], [ˈsɔʃmaˑ]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /sɔʃma/, [ˈsɔʃmaˑ]

Noun

চশমা • (cośma)

1. goggle, spectacles, glasses