ચશ્માં

Gujarati

ચશ્માં

Alternative forms

• ચશ્મા (caśmā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چشم (čašm, “eye”), from Middle Persian AYNE, čšm (čašm, “eye”), from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, *čašman, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Doublet of ચક્ષુ (cakṣu) and ચાખ (cākh). Compare Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃəʃ.mɑ̃/

Noun

ચશ્માં • (caśmā̃) n pl

1. glasses