चर्मन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- চৰ্মন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬃᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চর্মন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စရ်္မန် (Burmese script)
- ચર્મન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਰ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦂꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚರ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
- ចម៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈຣ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
- ചര്മന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠷᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚର୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢬ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චර්මන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- சர்மந் (Tamil script)
- చర్మౝ (Telugu script)
- จรฺมนฺ (Thai script)
- ཙ་རྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (“skin, hide, pelt”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬥 (carəman), Old Persian 𐎨𐎼𐎶𐎴 (c-r-m-n /carman/) (whence Persian چرم (čarm)), Latin corium (“skin”), Proto-Slavic *kora (“bark”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ́ɾ.mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐɾ.mɐn̪/
Noun
चर्मन् • (cárman) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चर्म (cárma) | चर्मणी (cármaṇī) | चर्माणि (cármāṇi) चर्म¹ (cárma¹) चर्मा¹ (cármā¹) |
| accusative | चर्म (cárma) | चर्मणी (cármaṇī) | चर्माणि (cármāṇi) चर्म¹ (cárma¹) चर्मा¹ (cármā¹) |
| instrumental | चर्मणा (cármaṇā) | चर्मभ्याम् (cármabhyām) | चर्मभिः (cármabhiḥ) |
| dative | चर्मणे (cármaṇe) | चर्मभ्याम् (cármabhyām) | चर्मभ्यः (cármabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चर्मणः (cármaṇaḥ) | चर्मभ्याम् (cármabhyām) | चर्मभ्यः (cármabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चर्मणः (cármaṇaḥ) | चर्मणोः (cármaṇoḥ) | चर्मणाम् (cármaṇām) |
| locative | चर्मणि (cármaṇi) चर्मन्¹ (cárman¹) |
चर्मणोः (cármaṇoḥ) | चर्मसु (cármasu) |
| vocative | चर्मन् (cárman) चर्म (cárma) |
चर्मणी (cármaṇī) | चर्माणि (cármāṇi) चर्म¹ (cárma¹) चर्मा¹ (cármā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: camma
- → Khmer: ចម្ម (cam)
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) (see there for further descendants)
- Bengali: চাম (cam)
- Bengali: চিমসা (cimośa)
- Rohingya: samra, sam
Learned borrowings from चर्मन् (cárman)
- Assamese: চৰ্ম (sormo)
- Bengali: চর্ম (cormo)
- Gujarati: ચર્મ (carma)
- Hindustani: carm
- Kannada: ಚರ್ಮ (carma)
- Malayalam: ചർമ്മം (caṟmmaṁ)
- Old Marathi: carma
- Devanagari script: चर्म
- Modi script: 𑘓𑘨𑘿𑘦
- Marathi: चर्म (carma)
- Odia: ଚର୍ମ (carma)
- Punjabi: caram
- Gurmukhi script: ਚਰਮ
- Shahmukhi script: چَرَم
- Tamil: சருமம் (carumam)
- Telugu: చర్మము (carmamu)
- Sinhalese: චර්මය (carmaya)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 255