نامه

See also: نامە and نامہ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGLTA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾmk' /⁠nāmag⁠/, “book, letter, any written text”), equivalent to nām (“name”) (itself from Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma (“name”)) + -ak (derivative suffix), originally a "name-list" or catalogue of products made for economic or bureaucratic purposes, this being the most common use of writing in early Iranian languages. By surface analysis, نام (nâm, “name”) +‎ ـه (-e), but rarely analyzed or understood as such. Compare Old Armenian նամակ (namak, “letter, writing”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.ˈma]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.mǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.mǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.mé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.mǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāma
Dari reading?	nāma
Iranian reading?	nâme
Tajik reading?	noma

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Noun

Dari	نامه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нома

نامه • (nâme) (plural نامه‌ها (nâme-hâ))

1. letter (written or printed communication)
2. (archaic, or in compounds) book; anything written

   Synonym: کتاب (ketâb)

   روزنامه ― ruznâme ― daily newspaper (literally, “day-book”)

   فیلمنامه ― filmnâme ― screenplay (literally, “film-book”)

Derived terms

• اعتبارنامه (e'tebâr-nâme, “letter of credit”)
• اعتراض‌نامه (e'terâz-nâme, “letter of protest”)
• امان‌نامه (emân-nâme)
• تقدیرنامه (taqdir-nâme, “letter of commendation”)
• رزم‌نامه (razm-nâme, Mughal translation of the Mahabharata, literally “book of war”)
• روزنامه (ruznâme, “newspaper”)
• زندگی‌نامه (zendegi-nâme, “biography”, literally “book of life”)
• سالنامه (sâlnâme)
• سفرنامه (safarnâme, “travelogue”)
• شاهنامه (šâhnâme, “the Shahnameh”, literally “book of kings”)
• شجره‌نامه (šajare-nâme, “genealogy”)
• طلاق‌نامه (talâq-nâme, “decree of divorce”)
• فیلمنامه (filmnâme, “screenplay”)
• لغت‌نامه (loğat-nâme, “dictionary”)
• ماهنامه (mâhnâme)
• معرفی‌نامه (moa'rrefi-nâme, “letter of recommendation”)
• نامه‌بر (nâme-bar, “letter carrier”)
• نامه‌رسان (nâme-resân, “letter carrier”)
• نامه‌نویس (nâme-nevis)
• هبه‌نامه (hebe-nâme, “deed of gift”)
• هفته‌نامه (hafte-nâme)
• وصیت‌نامه (vasiyat-nâme, “will”)
• وکالتنامه (vekâlat-nâme, “power of attorney; proxy”)
• پایان‌نامه (pâyân-nâme)
• گاهنامه (gâhnâme)
• گواهی‌نامه (gavâhi-nâme, “credential”)
• گیرنده‌نامه (gīrande-nâme, “addressee”)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: namə / نامه
• → Bengali: -নামা (-nama)
• → Gujarati: નામું (nāmũ), નામા (nāmā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नामा (nāmā)

  Urdu: نامہ (nāma)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نامە (name)

  Northern Kurdish: name

• → Ottoman Turkish: نامه (nâme)
  • Turkish: name
  • → Crimean Tatar: name
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਮਾ (nāmā)

  Shahmukhi script: نامہ (nāma)

• → Uzbek: noma

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nāmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 425b
• “nmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–