derma

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː(ɹ)mə/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə

Learned borrowing from New Latin derma, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). Doublet of derm.

derma (plural dermata or dermas)

1. The inner layer of the skin.

   Synonym: dermis

• derma ray

derma (plural dermas)

1. (India, Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of dermatologist.

Borrowed from Yiddish דערמע (derme), plural of דאַרם (darm, “intestine”), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to bore”).

derma (plural dermas)

1. A Jewish dish of roast or boiled seasoned meat and flour etc. in a casing, especially kishke.

• “derma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “derma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Emard, m'dear, dearm, ad rem, armed, dream, medar, redam, Mader, ramed

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛr.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdeɾ.ma]

derma m (plural dermes)

1. (anatomy) dermis

   Synonym: dermis

• dermatitis
• dèrmic

• “derma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “derma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “derma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “derma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From dermo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈderma/
• Rhymes: -erma
• Hyphenation: der‧ma

derma (accusative singular derman, plural dermaj, accusative plural dermajn)

1. dermal

From Malay derma, from Classical Malay derma (“alms”), from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “morality, religion, duty, law”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰér-mos, from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Doublet of darma and firma.

• IPA^(key): [dərˈma]
• Hyphenation: dêr‧ma

dêrma (plural derma-derma)

1. alms, something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food

   Synonyms: amal, bantuan, donasi, infak, pertolongan, sedekah, sokongan, subsidi, sumbangan

• “derma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛrma
• Hyphenation: dèr‧ma

derma m (plural dermi)

1. (anatomy) dermis

• madre, merda

From Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “morality, religion, duty, law”).

• IPA^(key): [də(r).ma]
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [də(r).mə]
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: der‧ma

derma (Jawi spelling درما, plural derma-derma)

1. Alms.

   Synonym: sedekah

2. A donation.

   Synonym: sumbangan

derma (Jawi spelling درما, active menderma, 3rd person passive diderma)

1. (ambitransitive) To donate.

   Datuk saya menderma RM100,000 kepada sekolah ini.

   My grandfather donated RM100,000 to this school.

• “derma” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.