𐫗𐫖𐫏𐫍𐫐
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Middle Persian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Iranian *namadka-, perhaps a compound of *ná (“no”) + *mad(a) (“wet”) + *-akah (“nominal suffix, -ic”), the first two components from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná (“no, not”) + Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to become wet”), literally "no-moisture"; that is, the salt that is left after evaporation of water.[1]
Alternative theories derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, moisture”) and relate it to Persian نم (nam, “moisture, humidity”).[1][2]
Compare Bactrian ναμιλγο (namilgo).
Noun[edit]
- (Book Pahlavi) salt
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “*namad(a)ka-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 464
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) “Nebh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 323
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “namak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press