çam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"

Albanian

Etymology 1

From river Thyamis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃam/

Noun

çam m (plural çamë / çemër, definite çami, definite plural çamët / çemërit)

  1. Cham (an Albanian from Çamëri (Chameria), Albanians from Epirus[1][2] - a region geographically divided between (southern) Albania and (northwestern) Greece)[3][4]

Etymology 2

From participle of çaj (to cleave), in Gheg dialect.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃam/

Adjective

i çam (feminine e çame)

  1. (Gheg) split, rippped
Alternative forms
  • çām (NW Gheg)[5]
  • çamun

References

  1. ^ [1] L'étude Euromosaic. "L'arvanite/albanais en Grèce"(English: 'The Arvanite/Albanian in Greece' / German: 'Der Arvanit/Albaner in Griechenland'), year: 2006.
  2. ^ See Hasluk, 'Christianity and Islam under the Sultans', London, year: 1927.
  3. ^ [2] "Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania", Tom Winnifrith, Duckworth, year: 2002, London, page: 219
  4. ^ Winnifrith, Tom (2002), Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania[3], London, UK: Duckworth, →ISBN, retrieved 15 March 2009, page 219
  5. ^ Jungg, G. (1895), Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 14

Further reading

  • çam”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[4], 1980

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چام (çam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

çam (definite accusative çamı, plural çamlar)

  1. pine (tree of the genus Pinus)

Declension

Declension of çam
singular plural
nominative çam çamlar
definite accusative çamı çamları
dative çama çamlara
locative çamda çamlarda
ablative çamdan çamlardan
genitive çamın çamların

Derived terms