चश्मा

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian چشم (češm, eye), from Middle Persian AYNE, čšm (čašm, eye), from Old Persian 𐎨𐏁𐎠𐎶𐎴 (c-š-ma-n), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, *čašman, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma (sight). Cognate with Assamese চছমা (sosoma), Bengali চশমা (cośoma), Punjabi ਚਸ਼ਮਾ (caśmā), Gujarati ચશ્માં (caśmā̃), Marathi चष्मा (caṣmā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃ.mɑː/, [t͡ʃəʃ.mäː]

Noun

चश्मा (caśmā) m (Urdu spelling چشمہ)

  1. spectacles, glasses
    Synonym: ऐनक (ainak)
  2. source, spring, fountain

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References

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕəɕ.ma/

Noun

चश्मा (caśmā) m

  1. Alternative form of चष्मा (caṣmā)

Nepali

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

चश्मा (caśmā)

  1. spectacles, glasses

Further reading

  • चश्मा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), चश्मा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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