𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *náHhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH (compare Sanskrit नासा (nāsā) from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- (“nose”) (compare Latin nāsus, Lithuanian nósis and Old English nosu and nose (English nose)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːham/

Noun

𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (nāham) f

1. nose
   • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:

     adamšai[y] utā nāham utā gaušā utā hazānam frājanam utāšaiy [u]cašma avajam duvarayā maiy basta adāriya haruvašim kāra avaina

     I cut off his nose, his ears, and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in fetters at my palace entrance, and all the people beheld him.

Declension

Declension of 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)
Vocative	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)
Accusative	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)
Instrumental	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-š)
Dative	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 (n-a-h-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-š)
Genitive	𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 (n-a-h-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-n-a-m)
Locative	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎹 (n-a-i-y)	𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a)	𐎴𐎠𐎡𐏁𐎢𐎺𐎠 (n-a-i-š-u-v-a)