चमड़ा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-),[1] from Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (skin, hide, pelt). Cognate with Bundeli चामरो (cāmro).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəm.ɽɑː/, [t͡ʃɐ̃m.ɽäː]

Noun[edit]

चमड़ा (camṛām (feminine चमड़ी, Urdu spelling چمڑا)

  1. leather
  2. skin (of an animal), hide

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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