cham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Archaic spelling of khan.
  2. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
verb
  1. To chew.
contraction
  1. I am
noun
  1. An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
name
  1. The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
  2. An abugida used to write this language.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
name
  1. A town in Bavaria, Germany.
name
  1. A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.
noun
  1. an ethnic Albanian from Çamëri, originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Çamëri (engl.: Chameria).
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

Pronunciation

/kæm/ /t͡ʃæm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cham.wav

Word forms

cham chams chamming chammed

Etymology

From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).

Synonyms

I'm Tsam Tsams Albanocham Albanophone Turco-Cham Turco-Albanian

Related words

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