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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/namaHčah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *námah +‎ *-aHčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas.

Noun

*namaHčah m[1]

  1. worship, homage
  2. prayer

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Sogdian: (/⁠namāč⁠/, “homage; prayer; reverence”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
      Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼺𐼰𐼿 (nmʾc)
      Syriac script: ܢܡܐܣ (nmʾc)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: نماش (namáš), نمواش (nawáš)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: نوێژ (nwêj)
      Northern Kurdish: nimêj, nivêj, nimê
    • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
      • Old Azari: *namāǰ
        • Harzani: نمژ (namöž)
        • Karingani: نموژ (namuž)
      • Caspian:
        • Gilaki: نماز (nəmāz)
        • Old Mazanderani: نماج (namāǰ)
          • Mazanderani: نماج (nëmāǰ), نماز (nëmāz)
      • Parthian: (/⁠namāž⁠/, “bow, obeisance”)
        Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫉 (nmʾz), 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
        Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭅𐭎𐭂𐭃𐭇 (OSGDE)
      • Zaza-Gorani:
        • Gurani: نما (nimā), نماج (nimāǰ) (in poems)
        • Zazaki: nema (namā), nimac (nimāǰ)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠namāz⁠/, “bow, obeisance; prayer; reverence, prostration”)
      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (OSGDE), [Book Pahlavi needed] (nmʾc)
      Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (OSGDE)
      Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮍𐮂𐮃𐮇 (SGDH̲)
      Pazend script: 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬲 (namāž)
      • Northern Luri: نئماز (nemāz)
      • Classical Persian: نماز (namāz) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 403
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