Chakma
Syllables: Chak·maUK/ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/
Chakma noun: a member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.
Noun
Chakma (plural Chakmas or Chakma)
- A member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.
Proper noun
Chakma
- 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).
Chakma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Gujarati
Chakma in Hindi
- Language
- चकमा cakmā
Chakma in Tamil
- Language
- சக்மா cakmā
Chakma in Bengali
- Language
- চাকমা cakma, চাঙমা caṅma
Chakma in Gujarati
- Chakma
- ચકમા cakmā
More languagesFewer languages
- Chakma in Assamese
- চাকমা sakoma
Forms of Chakma
| plural | Chakmas |
|---|---|
| plural | Chakma |
| alternative form | Changma |
Origin of Chakma
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).
Questions about Chakma
- What does Chakma mean?
- Chakma means a member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.
- What is Chakma in Hindi?
- Chakma in Hindi is चकमा (cakmā). See Chakma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Chakma?
- Chakma can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Chakma?
- Chakma is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Chakma?
- The plural of Chakma is Chakmas.
Words near Chakma in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Chakma (page history and authors); ચકમા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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