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चाम ćām[Prk. चम्मं ; S. चमɍ ], s.m. Skin, hide; leather:—ćām-ćiṛakh, s.f. lit. 'Leatherwinged'; a bat:—ćām-ćor, s.m. An adulterer:—ćām-ćorī, s.f. Adulterous connexion with another man's wife:—ćām-ke dām, s.m. The leather money made current by the bhishtī, Nizām, during his three days rule in the time of the Emperor Humāyūn:—ćām-ke dām ćalānā, To introduce a leather currency; to stretch to the utmost a temporary authority.
Origin: Hindi