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): /ˈt͡ʃaɾm/

(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)

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)

Noun

چرم • (carma) m (Hindi spelling चर्म)