চামড়া

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Bengali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀟𑀓 (cammaḍaka), composed from 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-),[1] from Sanskrit चर्म (carma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čárma, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kérmn̥ (skin, hide, pelt). Cognate with Assamese চামৰা (samora), Odia ଚମଡ଼ା (camaṛā) and Maithili चमड़ा (camᵊṛā). Doublet of চামড়ী (camṛī, scurf), চামার (camar, shoemaker, leatherworker), চামাটি (camaṭi), চামাতি (camati, razor-strop), চর্মচটিকা (cormocoṭika), চামচিকা (camcika, bat, titmouse), and চর্ম (cormo), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃamɽa/, [ˈt͡ʃamɽaˑ], /t͡ʃamɾa/, [ˈt͡ʃamɾaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕamɹa/, [ˈtɕamɹaˑ]

Noun

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চামড়া (camṛa)

  1. skin
    Synonym: ত্বক (tok)
  2. leather

References

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