चमड़ा

See also: चमड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit चर्मन् (cárman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (“skin, hide, pelt”). Cognate with Bundeli चामरो (cāmro). Doublet of चर्म (carm) and चाम (cām), see there for more.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

चमड़ा • (camṛā) m (female equivalent चमड़ी, Urdu spelling چمڑا)

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

Declension

Declension of चमड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चमड़ा camṛā	चमड़े camṛe
oblique	चमड़े camṛe	चमड़ों camṛõ
vocative	चमड़े camṛe	चमड़ो camṛo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “camṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press