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): [t͡ʃaɾ.ma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.mä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.mä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.mä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.mä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæɹ.me]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.mä]

Readings
Classical reading?	čarma
Dari reading?	čarma
Iranian reading?	čarme
Tajik reading?	čarma

Noun

چرمه • (čarme)

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

Synonyms

• خنگ (xeng)
• الوس (alus)

Further reading

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