चमू
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चमू (camū́).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.muː/, [t͡ʃɐ.muː]
Noun
चमू • (camū) f (Urdu spelling چَمُو)
- (rare, formal) an army
- an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चमू camū |
चमुएँ camuẽ |
| oblique | चमू camū |
चमुओं camuõ |
| vocative | चमू camū |
चमुओ camuo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चमू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884), “चमू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- चम्वि (camvi) — dated
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চমূ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
- চমূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- စမူ (Burmese script)
- ચમૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಮೂ (Kannada script)
- ចមូ (Khmer script)
- ຈມູ (Lao script)
- ചമൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଚମୂ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
- චමූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
- சமூ (Tamil script)
- చమూ (Telugu script)
- จมู (Thai script)
- ཙ་མཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compare चमस (camasa) and the root चम् (cam, “to drink”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.múː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ.muː/
Noun
च॒मू • (camū́) stem, f
- a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the soma is poured
- the two great receptacles of all living beings, heaven and earth (always used in the dual form)
- a coffin
- an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | च॒मूः (camū́ḥ) | च॒म्वौ॑ (camvàu) च॒मू¹ (camū́¹) |
च॒म्वः॑ (camvàḥ) च॒मूः¹ (camū́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | च॒मूम् (camū́m) | च॒म्वौ॑ (camvàu) च॒मू¹ (camū́¹) |
च॒मूः (camū́ḥ) |
| instrumental | च॒म्वा (camvā́) | च॒मूभ्या॑म् (camū́bhyām) | च॒मूभिः॑ (camū́bhiḥ) |
| dative | च॒म्वै (camvái) | च॒मूभ्या॑म् (camū́bhyām) | च॒मूभ्यः॑ (camū́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | च॒म्वाः (camvā́ḥ) च॒म्वै² (camvái²) |
च॒मूभ्या॑म् (camū́bhyām) | च॒मूभ्यः॑ (camū́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | च॒म्वाः (camvā́ḥ) च॒म्वै² (camvái²) |
च॒म्वोः (camvóḥ) | च॒मूना॑म् (camū́nām) |
| locative | च॒म्वाम् (camvā́m) | च॒म्वोः (camvóḥ) | च॒मूषु॑ (camū́ṣu) |
| vocative | चमु॑ (cámu) | चम्वौ॑ (cámvau) चमू॑¹ (cámū¹) |
चम्वः॑ (cámvaḥ) चमूः॑¹ (cámūḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “camū́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 530
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “चमू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388.