চামচ

See also: চামুচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

চামুচ (camuc) — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čamča, “spoon, scoop”), itself borrowed as a clipped form of a Turkic term čömüč (“ladel, dipper”), from Proto-Turkic *čöm- (“to immerse, scoop”), suffixed with the diminutive (-ča). Doublet of চামচা (camca). Cognate with Assamese চামুচ (samus), Odia ଚାମଚ (camôcô), Hindustani چمچ / चम्मच (cammac), Gujarati ચમચો (camco), Marathi चमचा (camcā), Punjabi ਚਮਚਾ (camcā), Santali ᱪᱚᱢᱚᱪ (cômôc), Kannada ಚಮಚ (camaca), Telugu చెమ్చా (cemcā).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /tʃamotʃ/, [ˈtʃamotʃ], /tʃamutʃ/, [ˈtʃamutʃ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕamotɕ/, [ˈtɕamotɕ], /tɕamutɕ/, [ˈtɕamutɕ]
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Noun

চামচ • (camoc)

spoon

Derived terms

কাঁটা চামচ (kãṭa camoc)

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