ਚਮੜੀ

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Old Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Related to ਚੰਮੁ (cammu).

Noun

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ਚਮੜੀ (camaṛīf

  1. skin, hide (worn as covering by yogis)
    • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 358:
      ਖਲੜੀ ਖਪਰੀ ਲਕੜੀ ਚਮੜੀ ਸਿਖਾ ਸੂਤੁ ਧੋਤੀ ਕੀਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ॥
      khalaṛī khaparī lakaṛī camaṛī sikhā sūtu dhotī kīnha.
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        Some wear skins, and carry begging bowls, bearing wooden staffs, and sitting on deer skins. Others raise their hair in tufts and wear sacred threads and loin-cloths.

Descendants

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  • Punjabi: camṛī
    Gurmukhi script: ਚਮੜੀ
    Shahmukhi script: چَمْڑِی

Further reading

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਮੜੀ (camaṛī), from Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Related to ਚੰਮ (camma).

Noun

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ਚਮੜੀ (camṛīf (masculine ਚਮੜਾ, Shahmukhi spelling چَمْڑِی)

  1. skin, leather

Further reading

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  • ਚਮੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “CHAMṚÍ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 186.