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Chechen
Noun
чам • (čam)
- a taste
Ingush
Noun
чам • (čam)
- a taste
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam).
Pronunciation
Noun
чам • (čam) m (plural чамови)
- fir, pine
- pinewood
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “чам” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Nivkh
Etymology
From earlier *camŋ. Compare Evenki шаман.
Pronunciation
Noun
чам (ț’am)
- (zoology, Amur) eagle
- (Amur) shaman
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to ча́мац (“boat”) and ча̀мџија.
Pronunciation
Noun
ча̏м m (Latin spelling čȁm)
- (regional) fir
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “чам”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162