𐎴𐎠𐎶

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬅𐬨𐬀𐬥- (ną̇man-)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (compare Hittite 𒆷𒀀𒈠𒀭 (lāman), Old Armenian անուն (anun), Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Tocharian A ñom, and Old English nama (English name)).

Adverb

𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-m /nāma/)

by name, named, called

Usage notes

Usually after masculine names.

Related terms

𐎴𐎠𐎶𐎠 (n-a-m-a /⁠nāmā⁠/)

Descendants

Middle Persian: (/⁠nām⁠/)
Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫀𐫖 (nʾm)

Book Pahlavi script: ŠM (ŠM)

Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭱𐭬 (ŠM)

Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮐𐮋 (ŠM)
- Lurish:
  Northern Luri: نۏم (nöm)
  
  Bakhtiari: نۏم (nöm)
  
  Southern Luri: نۏم (nöm)
- Classical Persian: نام (nâm)
  - Dari: نام (nâm)
  - Iranian Persian: نام (nâm)
  - Tajik: ном (nom)
    - → Uzbek: nom
  - → Ottoman Turkish: نام (nâm)

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