چرم

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

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaɾm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæɹm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾm]

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

Noun

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

• چرمی (čarmi)

 

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Adjective

چرم • (carama) (Hindi spelling चरम)

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

Noun

چرم • (carma) m (Hindi spelling चर्म)

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