Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/namrás
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *nm̥-ró-s, from *nem- (“to bend”) + *-rós (adjective suffix).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*namrás[2]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *namrás
- Proto-Iranian: *namráh
- Old Avestan: 𐬥𐬄𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (nąmišta, superl.) (Old Avestan)
- Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬭𐬀 (namra) (in compounds)
- Gurani: نەرم (narm), نەرمە (narma)
- Northern Kurdish: nerm (narm)
- Parthian: 𐫗𐫖𐫡 (nmr, “soft”)
- Middle Persian: (/narm/, "humble, soft")[3]
- Manichaean: 𐫗𐫡𐫖 (nrm)
- Pahlavi: [script needed] (nlm)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (nmr)
- Zazaki: nerm (narm)
- Old Avestan: 𐬥𐬄𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (nąmišta, superl.) (Old Avestan)
References[edit]
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “narm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press