Borrowed from Classical Persian زخم (zaxm). Cognate with Hindi ज़ख़्म (zaxma), Kannada ಜಖಂ (jakhaṃ).
ಜಖಮ್ (jakhamŭ) (Malayalam spelling ജഖമു്)
Männer, Rev. A. (1886) Tulu-English dictionary[1], Mangaluru: Basel mission press