First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Originally onomatopoeic, perhaps identical with Middle English chammen, champen, whence modern champ, chomp.
Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe;" see جامه. Related to pajamas.
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