चमन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.mən/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐ̃n]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian چمن (čaman).

Noun

चमन • (caman) m (Urdu spelling چمن)

1. garden, flower garden, parterre

   Synonyms: उपवन (upvan), उद्यान (udyān), बाग़ (bāġ), पुष्पोद्यान (puṣpodyān), गुलिस्तान (gulistān)

2. a flourishing or thriving place, a place with liveliness and satisfaction, a lush or verdant place

Declension

Declension of चमन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमन caman	चमन caman
oblique	चमन caman	चमनों camanõ
vocative	चमन caman	चमनो camano

Proper noun

चमन • (caman) m (Urdu spelling چمن)

1. Chaman (a city in Qilla Abdullah district, Balochistan, Pakistan)

Etymology 2

Clipping of चमन चूतिया (caman cūtiyā, “absolute moron, idiot”), in which expression चमन (caman, “garden”) acts as an intensifier.

Noun

चमन • (caman) m

1. a fool, idiot, dolt, moron

Declension

Declension of चमन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमन caman	चमन caman
oblique	चमन caman	चमनों camanõ
vocative	चमन caman	चमनो camano

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चमन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1473
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चमन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 303
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चमन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 200
• “चमन”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.