चम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চম্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
চম্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စမ် (Burmese script)
ચમ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚಮ್ (Kannada script)
ចម៑ (Khmer script)
ຈມ຺ (Lao script)
ചമ് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚମ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
චම් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
சம் (Tamil script)
చమ్ (Telugu script)
จมฺ (Thai script)
ཙ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷem- (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐm/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐm/

Root

चम् • (cam)

to sip, drink

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

चम॑ति (cámati, present)
चम्नोति (camnoti, present)
अच॑मत् (ácamat, imperfect)
च॒मि॒ष्यति॑ (camiṣyáti, future)
अच॑मिष्यत् (ácamiṣyat, conditional)
अच॑मीत् (ácamīt, aorist)
च॒म्यात् (camyā́t, benedictive)
च॒चाम॑ (cacā́ma, perfect)

Secondary forms

चामयति (cāmayati, causative)
चिचमिषति (cicamiṣati, desiderative)
चञ्चम्यते (cañcamyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

च॒मि॒त (camitá, past participle)
चमि॑तुम् (cámitum, infinitive)
च॒मि॒त्वा (camitvā́, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

चमस (camasa)
चमू (camū)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चम् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चम् (1 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “चम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 388, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 44-45