Borrowed from Classical Persian زخم (zaxm). Cognate with Hindi ज़ख़्म (zaxma), Kannada ಜಖಂ (jakhaṃ).
ജഖമു് (jakhamŭ) (Kannada spelling ಜಖಮ್)
Männer, Rev. A. (1886) Tulu-English dictionary[1], Mangaluru: Basel mission press