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 (zh) (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšam
• French: Chams (fr) m pl
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: चाम (cām)
• 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.
2. An abugida used to write this language.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占語 (zhānyǔ)

• Finnish: tšam
• French: cham (fr) m
• Japanese: チャム語 (ja) (チャムご, chamugo)
• Khmer: ភាសាចាម (phiəsaacaam)
• Korean: 참어 (chameo)
• Marathi: चाम f (cām)
• 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 (zh) (zhānzú)

• Finnish: tšamilainen
• French: cham (fr)
• Khmer: ចាម (km) (caam)
• Lao: ຈາມ (chām)
• Marathi: चाम (cām)
• Russian: ча́мский (čámskij), тя́мский (tjámskij)
• Thai: จาม (th) (jaam)
• Vietnamese: chăm (vi), chàm (vi)

Further reading

Western Cham

• ISO 639-3 code cja (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Western Cham, cja ⁠
• Wiktionary's coverage of Western Cham terms

Eastern Cham

• ISO 639-3 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 (de)
• Marathi: काम (kām)

Etymology 3

From Switzerland German Cham.

Proper noun

Cham

1. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.

Translations

town in Switzerland

• German: Cham (de)

  Alemannic German: Choom

• Marathi: काम (kām)

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).

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)
• Marathi: चाम (cām)

Etymology 5

From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

Proper noun

Cham

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

See cham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃam/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Cham m (plural Cham or Chams, feminine Cham)

1. A Cham person

Noun

Cham m pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Chams

Related terms

• cham
• Champa

 

Further reading

• “Cham”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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)

2. Cham (a town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany)

Derived terms

1. Chamer - relating to Cham

   Chamer - Resident in Cham

   Chamauer - relating to Cham

   Chamauer - Resident in Cham

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)

2. Cham (a town in Zug canton, Switzerland)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chāmus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰaːm/, [kʰäːm]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular
nominative	Chām
genitive	Chām
dative	Chām
accusative	Chām
ablative	Chām
vocative	Chām

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈxam/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈxam/

Proper noun

Cham m pers (possessive adjective Chamóv)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Cham (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Cham	Chamy	Chami, Chamové
genitive	Chama	Chamú	Chamóv
dative	Chamu, Chamovi	Chamoma	Chamóm
accusative	Chama	Chamy	Chamy
vocative	Chame	Chamy	Chami, Chamové
locative	Chamu, Chamovi	Chamú	Chamiech
instrumental	Chamem	Chamoma	Chamy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Cham”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cham m pers

1. (biblical) Ham (son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

Declension

Declension of Cham

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

Derived terms

noun

• cham

 

Related terms

adjectives

• chamowaty
• chamski

 

adverbs

• chamsko
• na chama

 

nouns

• chamica
• chamidło
• chamisko
• chamka
• chamskość
• chamstwo
• chamuś

 

verbs

• chamieć impf
• schamieć pf

 

Further reading

• Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsam/ [ˈt͡sam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: Cham

Proper noun

Cham (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien