Cham

See also: cham, chám, ćham, chấm, châm, Châm, chậm, chẩm, and Cham.

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

Cham pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Translations

ethnic group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占族 (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšam
• French: Chams (fr) m pl
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: чам (ru) m (čam), тям (ru) m (tjam)
• Thai: จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Proper noun

Cham

1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
2. An abugida used to write this language.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占語 (zhānyǔ)

• Finnish: tšam
• French: cham (fr) m
• Japanese: チャム語 (ja) (チャムご, chamugo)
• Khmer: ភាសាចាម (phiəsaacaam)
• Korean: 참어 (chameo)
• Thai: ภาษาจาม, จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Chăm, tiếng Chàm

Adjective

Cham

1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.

Translations

pertaining to the Cham people or their language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占 (zh) (zhān), 占族 (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšamilainen
• French: cham (fr)
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Russian: ча́мский (čámskij), тя́мский (tjámskij)
• Thai: จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Further reading

Western Cham

• ISO 639-3 code cja (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Western Cham, cja ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Western Cham terms

Eastern Cham

• ISO 639-3 code cjm (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Cham, cjm ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Cham terms

Etymology 2

From German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.

Translations

town in Germany

• Bavarian: Cham
• Czech: Kouba
• German: Cham

Etymology 3

From Switzerland German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.

Translations

town in Switzerland

• German: Cham

  Alemannic German: Choom

Etymology 4

From Albanian Çam m.

Noun

Cham (plural Chams)

1. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).

Synonyms

• Tsam, Tsams
• Albanocham
• Albanophone
• (derogatory) Turco-Cham
• (derogatory) Turco-Albanian

Related terms

• Chameria
• Albanian

Translations

Chameria, Albania

• Albanian: Çam m, Çame f
• German: Tscham m
• Greek: Τσάμηδες (Tsámides)

Anagrams

• ACMH, HAMC, HMAC, Mach, Mach., mach.

French

Etymology

See cham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃam/

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Noun

Cham m (plural Cham or Chams, feminine Cham)

1. A Cham person

Noun

Cham m pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Chams

Related terms

• cham
• Champa

 

Further reading

• “Cham”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology 1

After the Chamb, a nearby river, itself from Gaulish *Kambos, perhaps meaning “bend” or “curvature”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːm/

Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

2. Cham (a town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany)

Derived terms

1. Chamer - relating to Cham

   Chamer - Resident in Cham

   Chamauer - relating to Cham

   Chamauer - Resident in Cham

Etymology 2

From a Celtic word meaning “village”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaːm]

Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

2. Cham (a town in Zug canton, Switzerland)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chāmus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰaːm/, [kʰäːm]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kam/, [käm]

Proper noun

Chām m sg (indeclinable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Chāmus

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chām
Genitive	Chām
Dative	Chām
Accusative	Chām
Ablative	Chām
Vocative	Chām

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Cham
• Homophone: cham

Proper noun

Cham m pers

1. (biblical) Ham (son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

Declension

Declension of Cham

	singular
nominative	Cham
genitive	Chama
dative	Chamowi
accusative	Chama
instrumental	Chamem
locative	Chamie
vocative	Chamie

Derived terms

noun

• cham

 

Related terms

adjectives

• chamowaty
• chamski

 

adverbs

• chamsko
• na chama

 

nouns

• chamica
• chamidło
• chamisko
• chamka
• chamskość
• chamstwo
• chamuś

 

verbs

• chamieć impf
• schamieć pf

 

Further reading

• Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN