# 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫
## Prakrit
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चर्म (cárma).

### Noun

𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) n (Devanagari चम्म, Gujarati ચમ્મ, Kannada ಚಮ್ಮ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Māgadhī)
* leather
** c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 631:𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅! 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀸𑀳𑀅-𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀧𑀼𑀲𑀺𑀅-𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀁 𑀯𑀸𑀳-𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡𑁄 𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀥𑀡𑀼𑀁 𑀡 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀇aṇṇesu pahia! pucchasu vāhaa-puttesu pusia-cammāiṃ amhaṃ vāha-juāṇo hāriṇesu dhaṇuṃ ṇa ṇāmei2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman TiekenTrader, for hides of the spotted deer, you’ll have to go elsewhere Our young hunter no longer bends his bow to shoot deer.
* shield

#### Derived terms

* Gujarati: ચામડ (cāmaḍ)
* Marathi: चामट (cāmaṭ)
* → Kannada: ಚಮಡ (camaḍa)
* Assamese: চামৰা (samora)
* Bengali: চামড়া (camṛa)
* Bundeli: चामरो (cāmro)
* Chhattisgarhi: चमड़ा (camṛā)
* Gojri: چَمْڑو (camṛo)
* Gujarati: ચામડું (cāmḍũ)
* Hindustani: camṛā
    Hindi: चमड़ा
    Urdu: چَمْڑَا
* Konkani:
    Kannada: ಚಾಮ್ಡೆಂ
    Latin script: chambddem
* Maithili: camṛā
    Devanagari script: चमड़ा
    Tirhuta script: 𑒔𑒧𑒛𑓃𑒰
* Malvi: चमड़ा (camṛā)
* Old Marathi: cāṃbaḍeṃ, cāṃbuḍeṃ
    Devanagari script: चांबडें, चांबुडें
    Modi script: 𑘓𑘰𑘽𑘤𑘚𑘹𑘽, 𑘓𑘰𑘽𑘤𑘳𑘚𑘹𑘽
** Marathi: चामडे (cāmḍe)
** Varhadi: चामळं (cāmḷa)
* Marwari:
    Devanagari script: चमड़ा (camṛā), चौमड़ौ (caumṛau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅙𑅬𑅲 (cmṛ), 𑅙𑅒𑅬𑅲𑅒 (cumṛu)
* Odia: ଚମଡ଼ା (camaṛā)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਚਮੜਾ (camṛā)
    Shahmukhi script: چَمْڑَہ (camṛah)
* Sindhi: camiṛo
    Arabic script: چَمِڙو
    Devanagari script: चमिड़ो
    Sindhi: 𑋀𑋗𑋡𑋊𑋧
* Ahirani: चमडी (camḍī), चामडी (cāmḍī)
* Konkani:
    Devanagari script: चामडी (cāmḍī)
* Gojri: چَمْڑِی (camṛī)
* Gujarati: ચામડી (cāmḍī)
* Hindustani: camṛī
    Hindi: चमड़ी
    Urdu: چَمْڑِی
* Maithili: camṛī
    Devanagari script: चमड़ी
    Tirhuta script: 𑒔𑒧𑒛𑓃𑒲
* Malvi: चमड़ी (camṛī)
* Old Marathi: cāmaṭhī, cāmāṭī, cāmāṭhī
    Devanagari script: चामठी, चामाटी, चामाठी
    Modi script: 𑘓𑘰𑘦𑘙𑘲, 𑘓𑘰𑘦𑘘𑘲, 𑘓𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘙𑘲
** Marathi: चामडी (cāmḍī)
* Marwari:
    Devanagari script: चमड़ी (camṛī), चामड़ी (cāmṛī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅙𑅬𑅲𑅑 (cmṛi)
* Old Punjabi: ਚਮੜੀ (camaṛī)
** Punjabi: camṛī
    Gurmukhi script: ਚਮੜੀ
    Shahmukhi script: چَمْڑِی
* Saraiki: چَمْڑِی (camṛī)
* Sindhi: camiṛī
    Arabic script: چَمِڙيِ
    Devanagari script: चमिड़ी
    Khudabadi script: 𑋀𑋗𑋡𑋊𑋢
* Old Marathi: cāmaḷa
    Devanagari script: चामळ
    Modi script: 𑘓𑘰𑘦𑘯

#### Descendants

* Assamese: চাম (sam)
* Bagheli: चाम (cām)
* Bengali: চাম (cam)
* Chakma: 𑄌𑄟𑄴 (cām)
* Chhattisgarhi: चाम (cām)
* Dhivehi: ހަން (han̊)
* Gojri: چَم (cam)
* Gujarati: ચામ (cām)
* Old Hindi: चांब (cā̃b), चांम (cā̃m)
** Hindustani: cām
    Hindi: चाम
    Urdu: چَام (cām)
* Magahi: 𑂒𑂰𑂧 (cām)
* Malvi: चाम (cām)
* Old Marathi: cāma
    Devanagari script: चाम
    Modi script: 𑘓𑘰𑘦
** Marathi: चाम (cām)
* Maithili: cām
    Devanagari script: चाम
    Tirhuta script: 𑒔𑒰𑒧
* Marwari:
    Devanagari script: चाब (cāb), चांम (cā̃m)
    Mahajani script: 𑅙𑅪 (cb), 𑅙𑅧𑅬 (cnm)
* Nepali: चाम (cām)
* Odia: ଚମ (cama)
* Old Punjabi: ਚੰਮੁ (cammu)
** Punjabi: camm
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੰਮ
    Shahmukhi script: چَمّ
* Saraiki: چَم (cam)
* Sindhi: camu
    Arabic script: چَمُ
    Devanagari script: चमु
    Khudabadi script: 𑋀𑋗𑋣
* Sinhalese: සම (sama), හම (hama)

### Further reading

* Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “चम्म”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 319.
* Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 248, 253
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cárman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 255