Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čárma

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kér-mn̥ ~ *(s)kr̥-mén-s, from *(s)ker- (“to cut off, turn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kora (“bark”).^[1]

Noun

*čárma n (stem *čárman)

skin
hide, pelt

Inflection

neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čárma	*čármaniH	*čármān
vocative	*čárma	*čármaniH	*čármān
accusative	*čárma	*čármaniH	*čármān
instrumental	*čármanaH	*čármabʰyā(m)	*čármabʰiš
ablative	*čármans	*čármabʰyā(m)	*čármabʰyaH
dative	*čármanay	*čármabʰyā(m)	*čármabʰyaH
genitive	*čármans	*čármanHās	*čármanaHam
locative	*čárman(i)	*čármanHaw	*čármasu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćárma
- Sanskrit: चर्मन् (cárman), चर्म (cárma, nom.sg.) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *čárma (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani:
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: čom
    
    Kativiri: čom
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: čām
  - Waigali: čām

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “cárman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 537

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “cárman-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 537

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