चमन
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.mən/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐ̃n]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian چمن (čaman).
Noun
चमन • (caman) m (Urdu spelling چمن)
- garden, flower garden, parterre
- a flourishing or thriving place, a place with liveliness and satisfaction, a lush or verdant place
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमन caman |
चमन caman |
| oblique | चमन caman |
चमनों camanõ |
| vocative | चमन caman |
चमनो camano |
Proper noun
चमन • (caman) m (Urdu spelling چمن)
- Chaman (a city in Qilla Abdullah district, Balochistan, Pakistan)
Etymology 2
Clipping of चमन चूतिया (caman cūtiyā, “absolute moron, idiot”), in which expression चमन (caman, “garden”) acts as an intensifier.
Noun
चमन • (caman) m
- a fool, idiot, dolt, moron
- 2025 October 14, @GongeAkshay, X:
- अबे चमन उस समय 1GB डेटा एक महिना जाता था
अभी आधा दिन भी नही जाता है- abe caman us samay 1GB ḍeṭā ek mahinā jātā thā
abhī ādhā din bhī nahī jātā hai - You fool, back then 1 GB data used to last a month, now it doesn't even last half a day
- abe caman us samay 1GB ḍeṭā ek mahinā jātā thā
- 2025 October 17, @Shivam_h9, X:
- एक और चमन आया कॉपी पेस्ट करके हीरो बन रहा है
- ek aur caman āyā kŏpī pesṭ karke hīro ban rahā hai
- One more idiot who is trying to be a hero by doing copy-paste
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमन caman |
चमन caman |
| oblique | चमन caman |
चमनों camanõ |
| vocative | चमन caman |
चमनो camano |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चमन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1473
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 303
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चमन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 200
- “चमन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.