# derma
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɜː(ɹ)mə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mə

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin derma, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”). Doublet of derm.

#### Noun

derma (plural dermata or dermas)
* The inner layer of the skin.
    Synonym: dermis
* (India, Philippines, colloquial) Short for dermatologist.

##### Derived terms

* derma ray

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish דערמע (derme), plural of דאַרם (darm, “intestine”), from Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German darm, from Proto-West Germanic *þarm, from Proto-Germanic *þarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to bore”).

#### Noun

derma (plural dermas)
* A Jewish dish of roast or boiled seasoned meat and flour etc. in a casing, especially kishke.

### Further reading

* “derma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “derma”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “derma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Emard, m'dear, dearm, ad rem, armed, dream, medar, redam, Mader, ramed
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## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛr.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdeɾ.ma]

### Noun

derma m (plural dermes)
* (anatomy) dermis
    Synonym: dermis

#### Related terms

* dermatitis
* dèrmic

### Further reading

* “derma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “derma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “derma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “derma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From dermo +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈderma]
* Rhymes: -erma
* Hyphenation: der‧ma

### Noun

derma (accusative singular derman, plural dermaj, accusative plural dermajn)
* dermal

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay derma, from Classical Malay derma (“alms”), from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “morality, religion, duty, law”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰármas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰér-mos, from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Doublet of darma and firma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dərˈma]
* Hyphenation: dêr‧ma

### Noun

derma or dêrma
* alms, something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food
    Synonyms: amal, bantuan, donasi, infak, pertolongan, sedekah, sokongan, subsidi, sumbangan

#### Affixed terms

* bederma
* mendermakan
* penderma
* pendermaan

### Further reading

* “derma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛr.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛrma
* Hyphenation: dèr‧ma

### Noun

derma m (plural dermi)
* (anatomy) dermis

### Anagrams

* madre, merda

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “morality, religion, duty, law”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [də(r).ma]
** (Johor-Riau) IPA: [də(r).mə]
* Rhymes: -ma, -a
* Hyphenation: der‧ma

### Noun

derma (Jawi spelling درما, plural derma-derma, informal 1st possessive dermaku, 2nd possessive dermamu, 3rd possessive dermanya)
* Alms.
    Synonym: sedekah
* A donation.
    Synonym: sumbangan

#### Affixations

* berderma
* dermakan
* dermawan (“philanthropist”)
* penderma (“donor”)
* pendermaan

#### Compounds

* derma bakti
* derma kilat
* dermasiswa

### Verb

derma (Jawi spelling درما, active menderma, 3rd person passive diderma)
* (ambitransitive) To donate.
    Datuk saya menderma RM100,000 kepada sekolah ini.My grandfather donated RM100,000 to this school.

### Further reading

* “derma” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.