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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/namrás

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nm̥-ró-s, from *nem- (“to bend”) +‎ *-rós (adjective suffix).[1]

Adjective

*namrás[2]

  1. submissive, humble

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *namrás
  • Proto-Iranian: *namráh
    • Old Avestan: 𐬥𐬄𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (nąmišta, superl.) (Old Avestan)
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬭𐬀 (namra) (in compounds)
    • Gurani: نەرم (narm), نەرمە (narma)
    • Northern Kurdish: nerm (narm)
    • Parthian: 𐫗𐫖𐫡 (nmr, “soft”)
    • Middle Persian: (/narm/, "humble, soft")[3]
      Manichaean: 𐫗𐫡𐫖 (nrm)
      Pahlavi: [script needed] (nlm)
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (nmr)
    • Zazaki: nerm (narm)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
  2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “narm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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