# Cham
## English
### Etymology 1

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#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃæm/
* Rhymes: -æm

#### Noun

Cham pl (plural only)
* An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.

##### Translations
#### Proper noun

Cham
* The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.
* An abugida used to write this language.

##### Translations
#### Adjective

Cham
* Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.

##### Translations
#### Further reading
##### Western Cham

* ISO 639-3 code cja (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Western Cham, cja ⁠
* Wiktionary’s coverage of Western Cham terms

##### Eastern Cham

* ISO 639-3 code cjm (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Eastern Cham, cjm ⁠
* Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Cham terms

### Etymology 2

From German Cham.

#### Proper noun

Cham
* A town in Bavaria, Germany.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Switzerland German Cham.

#### Proper noun

Cham
* A town in Zug canton, Switzerland.

##### Translations
### Etymology 4

From Albanian Çam m.

#### Noun

Cham (plural Chams)
* 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).

##### Synonyms

* Tsam, Tsams
* Albanocham
* Albanophone
* (derogatory) Turco-Cham
* (derogatory) Turco-Albanian

##### Related terms

* Chameria
* Albanian

##### Translations
### Etymology 5

From Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

#### Proper noun

Cham
* A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

#### References

* ↑ L'étude Euromosaic. "L'arvanite/albanais en Grèce"(English: 'The Arvanite/Albanian in Greece' / German: 'Der Arvanit/Albaner in Griechenland'), year: 2006.
* ↑ See Hasluk, 'Christianity and Islam under the Sultans', London, year: 1927.
* ↑ "Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania", Tom Winnifrith, Duckworth, year: 2002, London, page: 219
* ↑ Winnifrith, Tom (2002) Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania‎, London, UK: Duckworth, →ISBN, retrieved 2009-03-15, page 219

### Anagrams

* ACMH, HAMC, HMAC, Mach, Mach., mach.

## French
### Etymology

See cham.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃam/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Cham m (plural Cham or Chams, feminine Cham)
* A Cham person

### Noun

Cham m pl (plural only)
* Alternative form of Chams

#### Related terms

* cham
* Champa

### Further reading

* “Cham”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology 1

After the Chamb, a nearby river, itself from Gaulish *Kambos, perhaps meaning “bend” or “curvature”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaːm/

#### Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)
* Cham (a town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany)

##### Derived terms

    Chamer - relating to Cham
    Chamer - Resident in Cham
    Chamauer - relating to Cham
    Chamauer - Resident in Cham

### Etymology 2

From a Celtic word meaning “village”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [xaːm]

#### Proper noun

Cham n (proper noun, genitive Chams or (optionally with an article) Cham)
* Cham (a town in Zug canton, Switzerland)

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Chāmus

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʰaːm/, [ˈkʰäːm]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkam/, [ˈkäm]

### Proper noun

Chām m sg (indeclinable)
* a male given name from Hebrew, variant of Chāmus

#### Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

## Old Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈxam/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈxam/

### Proper noun

Cham m pers (possessive adjective Chamóv)
* a male given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Cham”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew חָם (Ḥām).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxam/
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: Cham
* Homophone: cham

### Proper noun

Cham m pers
* (biblical) Ham (son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem)

#### Derived terms

* cham

#### Related terms

* chamowaty
* chamski
* chamsko
* na chama
* chamica
* chamidło
* chamisko
* chamka
* chamskość
* chamstwo
* chamuś
* chamieć impf
* schamieć pf

### Further reading

* Cham in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 詹 (Chiam).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsam/ [ˈt͡sam]
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: Cham

### Proper noun

Cham (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔)
* a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien