چشم
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (AYNE), [script needed] (čšm /čašm/), from Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit चक्षस् (cakṣas).
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃaʃm]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʃm]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʃm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰim]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæʃm], [t͡ʃʰeʃm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʃm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čašm |
Dari reading? | čašm |
Iranian reading? | čašm, češm |
Tajik reading? | čašm |
Noun
Dari | چشم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чашм |
چَشْم or چِشْم • (čašm or češm) (plural چشمان (čašmân) or چشمها (čašm-hâ))
- (anatomy) eye
- cheshmat, Mehrnoosh
- میدونستی که توی چشمای تو رنگینکمون رو میشه دید؟
- mi-dunesti ke tu-ye češmâ-ye to rangin-kamun ro mi-še did?
- Did you know that in your eyes the rainbow can be seen?
- چشمان قشنگ سبزش هیچوقت از خاطرم نمیروند.
- češmân-e qašang-e sabzaš hič-vaqt az xâteram nemi-ravand.
- I'll never forget his/her beautiful green eyes.
- cheshmat, Mehrnoosh
Inflection
Basic forms of چشم (češm) | ||
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singular | plural | |
bare | چشم (čéšm) |
چشمان، چشمها (češmấn, češm-hấ) چشما △ (češmấ) |
definitive direct object | چشم را (čéšm râ) چشم رو △ (čéšmo) |
چشمان را، چشمها را (češmấn râ, češm-hấ râ) چشما رو △ (češmấ ro) |
ezâfe | چشم (čéšm-e) |
چشمان، چشمهای (češmấn-e, češm-hấ-ye) چشمای △ (češmấ-ye) |
marked indefinite or relative definite |
چشمی (čéšm-i) |
چشمانی، چشمهایی (češmấn-i, češm-hấ-i) چشمایی △ (češmấi) |
△ Colloquial. |
Possessive forms of چشم (češm) | ||
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singular | plural | |
1st person singular (“my”) |
چشمم (čéšmam) |
چشمانم (češmấnam) چشمام △ (češmấm) |
2nd person singular (“your”) |
چشمت (čéšmat) [Term?] △ (čéšmet) |
چشمانت (češmấnat) چشمات △ (češmất) |
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
چشمش (čéšmaš) [Term?] △ (čéšmeš) |
چشمانش (češmấnaš) چشماش △ (češmấš) |
1st plural (“our”) |
چشممان (čéšmemân) چشممون △ (čéšmemun) |
چشمانمان (češmấnemân) چشمامون △ (češmấmun) |
2nd plural (“your”) |
چشمتان (čéšmetân) چشمتون △ (čéšmetun) |
چشمانتان (češmấnetân) چشماتون △ (češmấtun) |
3rd plural (“their”) |
چشمشان (čéšmešân) چشمشون △ (čéšmešun) |
چشمانشان (češmấnešân) چشماشون △ (češmấšun) |
△ Colloquial. |
Derived terms
Interjection
چشم • (čašm)
References
- Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 239
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چَشْم (čašm).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəʃm/
- Rhymes: -əʃm
Derived terms
- چَشْمَہ (caśma, “glasses”)
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چشم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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