چلم
Persian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.ˈlam/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.läm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰe.læm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi.läm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čilam |
| Dari reading? | čilam |
| Iranian reading? | čelam |
| Tajik reading? | čilam |
Noun
چلم • (čilam / čelam)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “چلم”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 398
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪ.ləm/
- Rhymes: -əm
Noun
چِلَم • (cilam) f (Hindi spelling चिलम)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چِلَم (cilam) | چِلَمیں (cilamẽ) |
| oblique | چِلَم (cilam) | چِلَموں (cilamõ) |
| vocative | چِلَم (cilam) | چِلَمو (cilamo) |
Descendants
- → English: chillum
Further reading
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “چلم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 534
- Platts, John T. (1884), “چلم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 439
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چلم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 255
- “چلم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834), “چلم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 712
- “چلم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.