نیم

From Classical Persian نیم (nīm).

نیم • (nim)

1. half

   Synonyms: نصف (nısıf), یارم (yarım)

نیم • (nim)

1. semi-, hemi-

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “nim”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1295b

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭢, 𐭭𐭩𐭬 (nēm, “half”) (logogram PRG from Aramaic), from Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma).

نیم • (nim)

1. half
2. semi-, hemi-

• نصف (nesf)

• نیمه (nima)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 317

From Sanskrit नियम (niyamá).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neːm/
(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.jəm/

نیم • (nem or niyam) m (Hindi spelling नेम or नियम)

1. rule
2. law
3. principle
4. regulation
5. restriction
6. obligation
7. custom
8. contract
9. penance
10. piety
11. any self-imposed restraint or religious observance

• قاعدہ (qā'idā)
• اصول (usūl)

Inherited from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /niːm/

نیم • (nīm) m (Hindi spelling नीम)

1. neem (Azadirachta indica)

• John T. Platts (13 August 2012 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]