චර්‍මය

Sinhalese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चर्म (carma) +‎ -ය (-ya). Doublet of සම (sama) and හම (hama).

Noun

චර්‍මය • (carmaya)

1. skin, hide, leather, shield

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “චර්‍මය”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 230.