Cham

Cham

See also: cham, chám, ćham, chấm, châm, Châm, chậm, chẩm, and Cham.

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

Noun

Cham pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Translations

ethnic group

Chinese: Mandarin: 占族 (zhānzú) Finnish: tšam Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam) Lao: ຈາມ (chām) Malay: please add this translation if you can Russian: чам (ru) m (čam), тям (ru) m (tjam) Thai: จาม (th) (jaam) Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Proper noun

Cham

1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.

Translations

language

Chinese: Mandarin: 占語／占语 (zhānyǔ) Finnish: tšam Japanese: チャム語 (ja) (チャムご, chamugo) Khmer: ភាសាចាម (phiəsaacaam) Korean: 참어 (chameo) Thai: ภาษาจาม, จาม (th) (jaam) Vietnamese: tiếng Chăm, tiếng Chàm

Adjective

Cham

1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.

Translations

pertaining to the Cham people or their language

Chinese: Mandarin: 占 (zh) (zhān), 占族 (zhānzú) Finnish: tšamilainen French: cham (fr) Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam) Lao: ຈາມ (chām) Russian: ча́мский (čámskij), тя́мский (tjámskij) Thai: จาม (th) (jaam) Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code cja [https:／[[iso639-3.sil.org/code/cja (SIL)]#English|iso639-3.sil.org/code/cja (SIL)]]]
• Ethnologue entry for Western Cham, cja ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Western Cham terms
• ISO 639-3 code cjm [https:／[[iso639-3.sil.org/code/cjm (SIL)]#English|iso639-3.sil.org/code/cjm (SIL)]]]
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Cham, cjm ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Cham terms

 

Etymology 2

From German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.

Translations

town in Germany

Bavarian: Cham Czech: Kouba German: Cham

Etymology 3

From Swiss High German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Zug, Switzerland.

Translations

town in Switzerland

German: Cham Alemannic German: Choom

Etymology 4

From Albanian Çam m.

Noun

Cham (plural Chams)

1. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).[1][2][3][4]

Synonyms

• Tsam, Tsams
• Albanocham
• Albanophone
• (derogatory) Turco-Cham
• (derogatory) Turco-Albanian

Related terms

• Chameria
• Albanian

Translations

Chameria, Albania

Albanian: Çam m, Çame f German: Tscham m Greek: Τσάμηδες (Tsámides)

References

1. L'étude Euromosaic. "L'arvanite/albanais en Grèce"(English: 'The Arvanite/Albanian in Greece' / German: 'Der Arvanit/Albaner in Griechenland'), year: 2006.
2. See Hasluk, 'Christianity and Islam under the Sultans', London, year: 1927.
3. "Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania", Tom Winnifrith, Duckworth, year: 2002, London, page: 219
4. Winnifrith, Tom (2002) Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania‎, London, UK: Duckworth, →ISBN, retrieved 2009-03-15, page 219

Anagrams

• ACMH, HAMC, HMAC, Mach, Mach., mach.

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German

Etymology 1

After the Chamb, a nearby river, itself from Gaulish *Kambos, perhaps meaning “bend” or “curvature”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaːm]

Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

1. Cham (a town in Germany)

Etymology 2

From a Celtic word meaning “village”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xaːm]

Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)

1. Cham (a town in Switzerland)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Chāmus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰaːm/, [kʰäːm]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kam/, [käm]

Proper noun

Chām m sg (indeclinable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Chāmus

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chām
Genitive	Chām
Dative	Chām
Accusative	Chām
Ablative	Chām
Vocative	Chām

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Polish

Etymology

From Hebrew חָם‎ (Ḥām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Cham
• Homophone: cham

Proper noun

Cham m

1. Ham (son of Noah)

Declension

Declension of Cham

	singular
nominative	Cham
genitive	Chama
dative	Chamowi
accusative	Chama
instrumental	Chamem
locative	Chamie
vocative	Chamie

Further reading

• Cham in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN