چرمه

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Persian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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چرمه (čarme)

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

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • 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