Where does “चम्मच” come from?
चम्मच (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian چَمْچَه, from Proto-Turkic kamïč.
चम्मच (Hindi): spoon; sycophant, chamcha
Definitions
- spoon; sycophant, chamcha
Ancestry of “चम्मच”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | چَمْچَه | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | kamïč | — |