adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
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Standard Lemma guide
cham
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/t͡ʃæm/
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rhymes with -æm
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/kæm/
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CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
contraction
Meaning 2
I am
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Usage: West-Country, contraction, obsolete
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name
Meaning 3
The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
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name
Meaning 4
An abugida used to write this language.
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name
Meaning 5
A town in Bavaria, Germany.
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name
Meaning 6
A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
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name
Meaning 7
A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
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noun
Meaning 8
Archaic spelling of khan.
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Usage: alt-of, archaic
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noun
Meaning 9
An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
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noun
Meaning 10
An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 11
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).
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verb
Meaning 12
To chew.
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Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Eastern Cham ꨌꩌ
From Middle English icham, equivalent to ch- + am, from ich + am.
Borrowed from German Cham.
Borrowed from Switzerland German Cham.
From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).
From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).
Borrowed from Albanian Çam m.
See chap.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 占 (zhān) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Chinese Mandarin: 占族 (zhānzú) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Finnish: tšamilainen — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- French: cham — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Khmer: ចាម (caam) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Lao: ຈາມ (chām) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Marathi: चाम (cām) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Russian: ча́мский (čámskij) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Russian: тя́мский (tjámskij) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Thai: จาม (jaam) — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Vietnamese: chăm — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Vietnamese: chàm — pertaining to the Cham people or their language
- Chinese Mandarin: 占語 (zhānyǔ) — language
- Finnish: tšam — language
- French: cham — language
- Japanese: チャム語 (chamugo) — language
- Khmer: ភាសាចាម (phiəsaacaam) — language
- Korean: 참어 (chameo) — language
- Marathi: चाम (cām) — language
- Thai: ภาษาจาม — language
- Thai: จาม (jaam) — language
- Vietnamese: tiếng Chăm — language
- Vietnamese: tiếng Chàm — language
- Czech: Kouba — town in Germany
- German: Cham — town in Germany
- Bavarian German: Cham — town in Germany
- Marathi: काम (kām) — town in Germany
- German: Cham — town in Switzerland
- German: Choom — town in Switzerland
- Marathi: काम (kām) — town in Switzerland
- Chinese Mandarin: 占族 (zhānzú) — ethnic group
- Finnish: tšam — ethnic group
- French: Chams — ethnic group
- Khmer: ចាម (caam) — ethnic group
- Lao: ຈາມ (chām) — ethnic group
- Malay: Cepa — ethnic group
- Malay: Campa — ethnic group
- Malay: Cam — ethnic group
- Marathi: चाम (cām) — ethnic group
- Russian: чам (čam) — ethnic group
- Russian: тям (tjam) — ethnic group
- Thai: จาม (jaam) — ethnic group
- Vietnamese: chăm — ethnic group
- Vietnamese: chàm — ethnic group
- Albanian: Çam — Chameria, Albania
- Albanian: Çame — Chameria, Albania
- German: Tscham — Chameria, Albania
- Greek: Τσάμηδες (Tsámides) — Chameria, Albania
- Marathi: चाम (cām) — Chameria, Albania