čam

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چام (çam). Akin to čámac (“boat”) and čàmdžija.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃâm/

Noun

čȁm m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏м)

  1. (regional) fir
    Synonym: jéla

Declension
Declension of čam
singular plural
nominative čam čamovi
genitive čama čamova
dative čamu čamovima
accusative čam čamove
vocative čame čamovi
locative čamu čamovima
instrumental čamom čamovima

Derived terms
  • čȁmovina

References
  • “čam” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 162
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