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chakma

/ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
Chak-ma
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.

name

The Bengali-Assamese language and abugida of the Chakmas. In the early medieval period, they underwent a language shift from their original Jingpho-Luish tongue (of the Tibeto-Burman family).

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali চাকমা (cakma), from Chakma 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄟 (cakma), 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 (caṅmha), ultimately from Sanskrit शक्तिमान (śaktimāna, literally “powerful”), composed of शक्ति (śakti, “power”) + -मान (-māna).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄟, शक्तिमान

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/
  • British English: /ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/

Inflected Forms

Chakmas (plural) Changma (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chakma terms ccp ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Chakma terms ccp ⁠

Questions

How do you pronounce chakma?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/.
What does chakma mean?
A member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.
Where does chakma come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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