See also: حرم, جرم, خرم, حزم, and ح ر م

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (clm /⁠čarm⁠/, skin, hide, leather), from Old Persian 𐎨𐎼𐎶𐎴 (c-r-m-n /⁠carman-⁠/, skin, hide, parchment), from Proto-Iranian *čárma. Compare Pashto څرمن (carman, skin), Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman, skin, hide, leather), etc.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? čarm
Dari reading? čarm
Iranian reading? čarm
Tajik reading? čarm

Noun edit

چرم (čarm)

  1. leather
    • 1010, Ferdowsi, شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:
      بپوشید تن را به چرم پلنگ
      که جوشن نبود و نه آیین جنگ
      bipōšīd tan rā ba čarm-i palang
      ki jawšan na-būd u na āyīn-i jang
      He dressed his body with leopard skin,
      For there were no breastplates and no devices of war.
      (romanization in Classical Persian)

Derived terms edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit.

Adjective edit

چرم (carama) (Hindi spelling चरम)

  1. last
  2. hinder
  3. ultimate
  4. final

Noun edit

چرم (carmam (Hindi spelling चर्म)

  1. skin
  2. hide
  3. leather
  4. parchment