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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) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/,
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m (Urdu spelling چشمہ)
- spectacles, glasses
- Synonym: ऐनक (ainak)
- source, spring, fountain
Declension
Declension of चश्मा (masc ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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चश्मा
caśmā
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चश्मे
caśme
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| oblique
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चश्मे
caśme
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चश्मों
caśmõ
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| vocative
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चश्मे
caśme
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चश्मो
caśmo
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Derived terms
References
Marathi
Pronunciation
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m
- alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi चश्मा (caśmā), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).
Pronunciation
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā)
- spectacles, glasses
Further reading
- “चश्मा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) , Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चश्मा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “चस्मा”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 170