From *árya- + *-mā́ ( deverbal suffix ) . Cognate with *áryas ( “ Aryan ” ) .
*aryamā́ m
fellow , companion
member of one's tribe or clan
*Aryamā́ m
name of a deity : Aryaman , Aryomen
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *aryamā́ ( “ companion, friend ” )
Sanskrit: अर्यमन् ( aryamán , “ companion, bosom-friend, name of an Aditya ” ) (nom. sg. अर्यमा ( aryamā́ ) )
⇒ Sanskrit: अर्यम्य ( aryamyà , “ friendly, amiable ” )
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀫 ( ajjama )
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Old Gujarati: आजम ( ājama )
Proto-Iranian: *aryamā́
Avestan: 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 ( ai riiaman , “ fellow tribesman; name of a divinity ” ) , 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬇𐬨𐬁 ( ai riiə̄mā , nom.sg. )
→ Middle Persian: (/ērmān/, "friend; name of a god")[1]
Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫀𐫖𐫀𐫗 ( ʾryʾmʾn )
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( ʾylmʾn' )
Classical Persian: ایرمان ( ērmān )
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971 ) A concise Pahlavi dictionary , London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press