ਚਮੜੀ
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Related to ਚੰਮੁ (cammu).
Noun
ਚਮੜੀ (camaṛī) f
- skin, hide (worn as covering by yogis)
- 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 358:
- ਖਲੜੀ ਖਪਰੀ ਲਕੜੀ ਚਮੜੀ ਸਿਖਾ ਸੂਤੁ ਧੋਤੀ ਕੀਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ॥
- khalaṛī khaparī lakaṛī camaṛī sikhā sūtu dhotī kīnha.
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- Some wear skins, and carry begging bowls, bearing wooden staffs, and sitting on deer skins. Others raise their hair in tufts and wear sacred threads and loin-cloths.
- ਖਲੜੀ ਖਪਰੀ ਲਕੜੀ ਚਮੜੀ ਸਿਖਾ ਸੂਤੁ ਧੋਤੀ ਕੀਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ॥
Descendants
- Punjabi: camṛī
- Gurmukhi: ਚਮੜੀ
- Shahmukhi: چَمْڑِی
Further reading
- Christopher Shackle (2011), “ਚਮੜੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 109.
- “ਚਮੜੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2023
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 255
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਮੜੀ (camaṛī), from Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Related to ਚੰਮ (camma).
Noun
ਚਮੜੀ • (camṛī) f (masculine ਚਮੜਾ, Shahmukhi spelling چَمْڑِی)
- skin, leather
Further reading
- “ਚਮੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “CHAMṚÍ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 186.