نیام

See also: نيام‎

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫗𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫖‎ (nyyʾm), 𐫗𐫏𐫀𐫖‎ (nyʾm /⁠niyām⁠/). Based on an Old Persian *nidāmān- (“covering, envelope”).

Cognate to Wakhi [script needed] (naẟün, “scabbard”) and Sanskrit निधानम् (nidhānam, “act of laying down, depositing, deposit; keeping; preserving; place where something is deposited or kept, receptacle”).

Also borrowed into Biblical Hebrew נָדָן‎ (nāḏā́n) found in the Tanakh only in 1 Chronicles 21, 27 and into Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, נִידְנַה‎ (niḏnā), נִדְנַה‎ (niḏnā), נִדְנָא‎ (niḏnā), נְדָנָא‎ (nəḏānā), לדְנָא‎ (liḏnā), לְדָנָא‎ (ləḏānā), later contaminated Classical Syriac ܢܺܝܡܳܐ‎ (nīmā, “sheath”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈjɑːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́ːm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɒ́ːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading?	niyām
Dari reading?	niyām
Iranian reading?	niyâm
Tajik reading?	niyom

Noun

Dari	نِیام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ниём

نیام • (niyâm)

1. sheath, scabbard
2. vagina

   Synonyms: مهبل‎ (mahbel), فرج‎ (farj), غلاف‎ (ğilâf)

Derived terms

• نیامی‎ (niyâmi, “vaginal”)
• نیام کیر‎ (niyâm-e kir, “prepuce”)

Descendants

• → Classical Azerbaijani: niyam
• → Pashto: نیام‎ (niyām)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نیام‎ (niyam)
• → Urdu: نِیام‎ (niyām)

References

• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 214
• Henning, W. B. (1977) Selected Papers (Acta Iranica; 14)‎^[2], volume 1, Tehran and Liège: Bibliothèque Pahlavi, pages 131–132
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 238 Nr. 1063
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 79 Nr. 200
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1884), “Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen mit einer kritischen Erörterung der aramäischen Wörter im Neuen Testament von E. Kautzsch. Leipzig 1884. VIII und 181 S. in Oktav.”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎^[3] (in German), page 1022
• Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009), “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, pages 177–178 fn. 86
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 829b
• “ndn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ldn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “nym³”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–