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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to čámac (“boat”) and čàmdžija.
Pronunciation
Noun
čȁm m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏м)
- (regional) fir
- Synonym: jéla
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “čam”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162