 The Latin word "dāma" or "damma", used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes, lies at the root of the modern scientific name, as well as the German "Damhirsch", French "daim", Dutch "damhert", and Italian "daino".In Croatian and Serbian, the name for the fallow deer is "jelen lopatar" ("shovel deer"), due to the form of its antlers.The Hebrew name of the fallow deer, "yachmur" (יחמור), comes from the Aramaic language, where "chamra" (חמרא) means "red" or "brown".