copper (“the dark metal”); usually in combinations, signifying colour of or made of (cp. loha bronze), e.g. lākhātamba (adj.) Thig.440 (colour of an ox); -akkhin Vv.32#3 (timira˚) Sdhp.286; -nakhin Ja.vi.290; -nettā (f.) ibid.; -bhājana Dhp-a.i.395; -mattika Dhp-a.iv.106; -vammika Dhp-a.iii.208; -loha Pv-a.95 (= loha).

Sk. tāmra, orig. adj. = dark coloured, leaden; cp. Sk. adj. taṃsra id., to tama