चश्मा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چشمه (čašma, “spring, source; spectacles”), related to چشم (čašm, “eye”), itself ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Related to Sanskrit चक्षु (cakṣu). Other borrowings from Persian are Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośma), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/,

Noun

चश्मा • (caśmā) m (Urdu spelling چشمہ)

  1. spectacles, glasses
    Synonym: ऐनक (ainak)
  2. source, spring, fountain

Declension

Declension of चश्मा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चश्मा
caśmā 		चश्मे
caśme
oblique चश्मे
caśme 		चश्मों
caśmõ
vocative चश्मे
caśme 		चश्मो
caśmo

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Pronunciation

Noun

चश्मा • (caśmā) m

  1. Alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)

Nepali

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

चश्मा • (caśmā)

  1. spectacles, glasses

Further reading

  • “चश्मा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चश्मा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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