Cham Definition

kăm
noun
A Tatar or Mongol khan.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A Tatar or Mongol khan.
American Heritage
pronoun
An ethnic group living in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Wiktionary

The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by these people.

Wiktionary

A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838).

Wiktionary
adjective
Pertaining to the Cham people or their language.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cham

Noun

Singular:
cham
Plural:
chams

Origin of Cham

  • Middle French from Old French kaan, kan partly from Mongolian kağan and partly from Tatar xan Turkish han khan khan1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle French from Old French kaan, kan partly from Mongolian kağan and partly from Tatar xan Turkish han khan khan1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to cham using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

cham