derma

See also: derma- and -derma

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɜː(ɹ)mə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə

Etymology 1

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

Noun

derma (plural dermata or dermas)

1. The inner layer of the skin.

   Synonym: dermis

Derived terms

• derma ray

Etymology 2

Noun

derma (plural dermas)

1. (India, Philippines, colloquial) Short for dermatologist.

Etymology 3

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”).

Noun

derma (plural dermas)

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

Further reading

• “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.

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

derma m (plural dermes)

1. (anatomy) dermis

   Synonym: dermis

Related terms

• dermatitis
• dèrmic

Further reading

• “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], 2007 April
• “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.

Esperanto

Etymology

From dermo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. dermal

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Affixed terms

• bederma
• mendermakan
• penderma
• pendermaan

Further reading

• “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.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

derma m (plural dermi)

1. (anatomy) dermis

Anagrams

• madre, merda

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

derma (Jawi spelling درما, plural derma-derma)

1. Alms.

   Synonym: sedekah

2. A donation.

   Synonym: sumbangan

Affixations

• berderma
• dermakan
• dermawan (“philanthropist”)
• penderma (“donor”)
• pendermaan

Compounds

• derma bakti
• derma kilat
• dermasiswa

Verb

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.

Further reading

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