چمچه

See also: چمچہ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

چومچه (çumça, çümçe, çömçe), چمچق (çamçak), چمشق (çamşak)

Etymology

Likely not inherited in this form in Oghuz, but borrowed from Persian (čamče),^[1] which itself is a borrowing from Turkic. Compare dialectal چمچ (çömüç), also from Proto-Turkic *kamïč.

Noun

چمچه • (çamça, çemçe, çumça, çümçe, çömçe, çömçü)

drinking-tray, bowl, nap
scoop, ladle, spattle
Synonym: صوساق (susak)

Descendants

Turkish: çemçe, çömçe (“ladle”)
North Mesopotamian Arabic: چُمْچَة (çumça, “ladle”)

References

^ Golden, Peter Benjamin (1993) “Georgio-Turcica: Some Marginal Notes on Pre-Ottoman/Safavid Oğuz and Non-Oğuz Turkic Elements in Georgian”, in Cătălin Hriban, editor, Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes, Bucharest: Brăila, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 252–253 = György Hazai, editor (1993–1994), Archivum Ottomanicum, volume XIII, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 106 of 101–116

Persian

Etymology

Turkic borrowing. Found in Kazakh шөміш (şömış), Kyrgyz чөмүч (cömüc), Bashkir сүмес (sümes), Uzbek choʻmich, Chagatai [script needed] (čömüš),^[1] and compare probably separate but similarly formed Uyghur [script needed] (qemič), Karakhanid [script needed] (qamɨč), Tuvan хымыш (xımış), Yakut хомуос (qomuos), Dolgan комуос, Bulgar [script needed] (xumǯa)^[2] from Proto-Turkic *kamïč,^[3] all meaning “scoop, ladle”. In Persian the stem of the former word appears suffixed +‎ (-če, diminutive).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃam.ˈt͡ʃa], [t͡ʃum.ˈt͡ʃa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäm.t͡ʃʰǽ], [t͡ʃʰʊm.t͡ʃʰǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäm.t͡ʃʰǽ], [t͡ʃʰʊm.t͡ʃʰǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäm.t͡ʃʰǽ], [t͡ʃʰum.t͡ʃʰǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæm.t͡ʃʰé], [t͡ʃʰom.t͡ʃʰé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäm.t͡ʃʰǽ], [t͡ʃʰum.t͡ʃʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čamča, čumča
Dari reading^?	čamča, čumča
Iranian reading^?	čamča, čomče
Tajik reading^?	čamča, čumča

Noun


Iranian Persian	چمچه
Dari	چمچه
Tajik	чумча

چمچه • (čamče, čomče)

(archaic) spoon
Synonym: قاشق (qâšoq)
scoop

Descendants

→ Iraqi Arabic: چَمْچَة (čámča, “ladle”)^[4]
→ Armenian: չոմչա (čʻomčʻa), չամչիկ (čʻamčʻik)
→ Assamese: চামুচ (samus)
→ Baluchi: چمچہ (camca)
→ Bengali: চামচ (camoc)
→ Chagatai: چمچه (çemçe), چومچار (çumçar)
→ Doteli: चम्मच (cammac)
→ Georgian: ჩამჩა (čamča) (or via Turkic, since the 14th century)^[5]
→ Gujarati: ચમચો (camco)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चमचा (camcā), चम्मच (cammac)

Urdu: چمچہ (camcā), چمّچ (cammac)
- - → Malay:
    Latin script: camca
    - - Indonesian: camca
    Arabic script: چمچا^[4]
→ Kannada: ಚಮಚ (camaca)
→ Marathi: चमचा (camcā)
→ Marwari: सम्स्यो (samsyo)
→ Odia: ଚାମଚ (cāmaca)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چمچه (çamça, çemçe)
→ Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਚਮਚਾ (camcā)
- Shahmukhi script: چمچہ (camcā)
→ Sanskrit: चमस (camasa)
→ Sylheti: ꠌꠣꠝꠌ (samoso)
→ Tamil: சம்சா (camcā)
→ Telugu: చెమ్చా (cemcā)
→ Turkmen: çemçe
→⇒ Old Armenian: չամչաշերեփ (čʻamčʻašerepʻ)

References

^ More Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 117b
^ More Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 249–250
^ Starling: Proto-Turkic: *kamɨč
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Wexler, Paul (2006) Jewish and Non-Jewish Creators of “Jewish” Languages, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 374
^ Golden, Peter Benjamin (1993) “Georgio-Turcica: Some Marginal Notes on Pre-Ottoman/Safavid Oğuz and Non-Oğuz Turkic Elements in Georgian”, in Cătălin Hriban, editor, Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes, Bucharest: Brăila, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 252–253 = György Hazai, editor (1993–1994), Archivum Ottomanicum, volume XIII, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 106 of 101–116

[1] Golden, Peter Benjamin (1993) “Georgio-Turcica: Some Marginal Notes on Pre-Ottoman/Safavid Oğuz and Non-Oğuz Turkic Elements in Georgian”, in Cătălin Hriban, editor, Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes, Bucharest: Brăila, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 252–253 = György Hazai, editor (1993–1994), Archivum Ottomanicum, volume XIII, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 106 of 101–116

[2] More Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 117b

[3] More Levitskaja, L. S., Dybo, A. V., Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 249–250

[4] Starling: Proto-Turkic: *kamɨč

[Wexler-5] 4.0 ^4.1 Wexler, Paul (2006) Jewish and Non-Jewish Creators of “Jewish” Languages, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 374

[6] Golden, Peter Benjamin (1993) “Georgio-Turcica: Some Marginal Notes on Pre-Ottoman/Safavid Oğuz and Non-Oğuz Turkic Elements in Georgian”, in Cătălin Hriban, editor, Studies on the Peoples and Cultures of the Eurasian Steppes, Bucharest: Brăila, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 252–253 = György Hazai, editor (1993–1994), Archivum Ottomanicum, volume XIII, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 106 of 101–116

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