𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *táwxma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *táwkma, from Proto-Indo-European *téwk-mn̥ ~ *tuk-méns, from *tewk-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬨𐬀𐬥 (taoxman), Sanskrit तोक्मन् (tókman).

Noun

𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠 (t-u-m-a /taumā/)

1. family
2. the family unit

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/tōhm/, "seed; family")

  Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫇𐫍𐫖 (twhm), 𐫎𐫇𐫍𐫖 (ṯwhm)

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (twm)

  • ⇒ Middle Persian: ("family")

    Manichaean script: 𐫎𐫇𐫍𐫖𐫃𐫀𐫗 pl (ṯwhmgʾn /⁠tōhmagān⁠/)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (twhmk /⁠tōhmag⁠/)

  • Gabri: [Term?] (tūm)
  • → Old Armenian: տոհմ (tohm, “tribe, kin, clan”)
  • → Old Georgian: ტოჰმი (ṭohmi), ტომი (ṭomi)

References

• Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎^[1]