چرمه

چرمه

See also: حرمة‎, حزمة‎, جزمة‎, and چزمه‎

Persian

Etymology

Compare with Central Kurdish چەرمگ‎ (çermig, “white”) and the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճերմակ (čermak, “white (of a horse)”), Georgian ჭარმაკი (č̣armaḳi), ჭარმაგი (č̣armagi), ჭარმაღი (č̣armaɣi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾma/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾma/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæɾme/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾma/

Noun

چرمه • (čarme)

1. white horse
2. horse
3. white ass
4. white hair

Synonyms

• خنگ‎ (xeng)
• الوس‎ (alus)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “ճերմակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 198a
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 189–190