نرم
See also: نزم
Arabic
Verb
نرم (form I)
- نَرْمِ (narmi) /nar.mi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of رَمَى (ramā)
- نُرْمَ (nurma) /nur.ma/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of رَمَى (ramā)
Khalaj
Adjective
نَرم (narm or nərm)
Persian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *namráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *namrás (“submissive, humble”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈnaɾm/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [näɾm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næɹm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [näɾm]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | narm |
| Dari reading? | narm |
| Iranian reading? | narm |
| Tajik reading? | narm |
- Rhymes: -arm
Noun
نرم • (narm)
Derived terms
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نرم (narm, “soft”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (narm, “humble, soft”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Iranian *namráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *namrás (“submissive, humble”), from Proto-Indo-European *nm̥-ró-s, from *nem- (“to bend”) + *-rós (adjective suffix).[2]
Doublet of نمر (namr, “bent, curteous, humble, submissive”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫗𐫖𐫡 (namr, “humble, meek”).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nəɾm/, (vulg.) /nəɾəm/[4]
- Rhymes: -əɾm, -əɾəm
- Hyphenation: نَرْم
Adjective
نَرْم • (narm) (Hindi spelling नरम)
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “narm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
- ^ A. Tafażżolī (10 August 2011) [15 December 1986] “Arabic Language ii. Iranian Loanwords in Arabic”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, volume II, fascicle 3, pages 231–33
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “نرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
نرم (narm)