Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/námati

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

Verb

*námati

1. bend, bow

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *námati
  • Sanskrit: नमति (námati)
• Proto-Iranian: *námati
  • Central Iranian:
    • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬈 (nəmaⁱte)
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Late Khotanese: [script needed] (nonda-), [script needed] (nauda-, “obeisance, worship”)
    • Sogdian:

      Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼺𐼰𐼴 (nmʾw, 1sg.pres.inj.)

      Old Sogdian script: 𐼎𐼍𐼀𐼊 (nmʾy, 2sg.pres.opt.)

      Syriac script: ܢܡܬܝܣܩ (nmtysq, 3sg.pres.dur.)

  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Gurani: نەمای (namāy), نامیای (nāmyāy, “to bend down”)
    • Kurdish:

      Central Kurdish: نەوین (newîn)

      Southern Kurdish: نەمیان (nemyan)

  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Classical Persian: نمیدن (namīdan, “to bend (down); to pay attation”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hapanámati
    • Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬀 (apanəmata, 3sg.med.inj.)
    • Middle Persian:

      Manichaean: 𐫀𐫁𐫗𐫀𐫖𐫀𐫅 (ʾbnʾmʾd)

    • Parthian:

      Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫗𐫜𐫤 (ʾbnft /⁠aβnaft⁠/, “to withdraw, depart”, perf.pass.)