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derma
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
derma (plural dermas)
- (India, Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of dermatologist.
Etymology 3
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)
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.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).
Pronunciation
Noun
derma m (plural dermes)
Related terms
- dermatitis
- dèrmic
Further reading
- “derma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “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.
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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
derma (accusative singular derman, plural dermaj, accusative plural dermajn)
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
Noun
- alms, something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food
Affixed terms
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.
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Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
derma m (plural dermi)
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Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “morality, religion, duty, law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
derma (Jawi spelling درما, plural derma-derma)
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.
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