चश्मा
Hindi
Etymology
Ultimately from Persian چشم (češm, “eye”), from Middle Persian AYNE, čšm (čašm, “eye”), from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, *čašman, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (“sight”). Compare Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā), Bengali চশমা (côśma), Assamese চছমা (sosoma).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/, [t͡ʃəʃ.mäː]
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m (Urdu spelling چشمہ)
- spectacles, glasses
- Synonym: ऐनक (ainak)
- 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
- काला चश्मा (kālā caśmā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चश्मा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā) m
- Alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)
Nepali
Alternative forms
- चस्मा (casmā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sʌsmä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: चस्मा
Noun
चश्मा • (caśmā)
- 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