চশম

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • চসম (cośom) archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چشم, from Middle Persian [script needed] (AYNE), [script needed] (čšm /čašm/), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma. Doublet of চোখ (cōkh) and চশমা (cośma).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃɔʃom/, [tʃɔʃom]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕɔʃom/, [tɕɔʃom]

Noun

চশম (cośom) (objective চশম (cośom) or চশমকে (cośmoke), genitive চশমের (cośmer), locative চশমে (cośme) or চশমেতে (cośmete))

  1. (anatomy) eye
    আমি উনাকে খোদ চশমে দেখেছিলাম
    ami unake khōd cośme dekhechilam
    I saw him with my own eyes.
    Synonyms: চোখ (cōkh), নয়ন (noẏon), আঁখি (ãkhi)

Derived terms

  • চশমখোর (cośmokhōr)

References

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