نزم

See also: نرم

Persian

Alternative forms

  • نژم (nežm)

Etymology

From Parthian nyzmʾn (nizmān, “fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with English night.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nizm
Dari reading? nizm
Iranian reading? nezm
Tajik reading? nizm

Noun

نزم • (nezm)

  1. fog, mist, haze

References

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “nyzmʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 257a
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