čam

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چام‎ (çam). Akin to čámac (“boat”) and čàmdžija.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃâm/

Noun

čȁm m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏м)

  1. (regional) fir

Declension
Declension of čam
singular plural
nominative čam čamovi
genitive čama čamova
dative čamu čamovima
accusative čam čamove
vocative čame čamovi
locative čamu čamovima
instrumental čamom čamovima

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • čȁmovina

References
  • “čam” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 162
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