Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/námati

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 *ném-e-ti, from *nem-

    Verb

    *námati

    1. to bend, bow

    Inflection

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    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *námati
      • Sanskrit: नमति (námati)
        • Pali: नमति (namati)
        • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Maharastri Prakrit: णमइ (ṇamaï), णवइ (ṇavaï)
          • Old Marathi: 𑘩𑘪𑘜𑘹 (lavaṇe)
        • Sauraseni Prakrit: णमदि (ṇamadi), णवदि (ṇavadi)
          • Gujarati: નમવું (namvũ)
          • Hindi: नमना (namnā), नवना (navnā), नवाना (navānā)
          • Urdu: نَونَا (naunā)
          • Punjabi: nivṇā
            Gurmukhi script: ਨਿਵਣਾ
            Shahmukhi script: نوݨا
          • Nepali: नुहुनु (nuhunu)
    • Proto-Iranian: *námati[1]
      • Central Iranian:
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬈 (nəmaite)
      • Northeastern Iranian:
        • Late Khotanese: [script needed] (nonda-), [script needed] (nauda-, obeisance, worship)
        • Sogdian:
          Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼺𐼰𐼴 (nmʾw, 1sg.pres.inj.)
          Old Sogdian script: 𐼎𐼍𐼀𐼊 (nmʾy, 2sg.pres.opt.)
          Syriac script: ܢܡܬܝܣܩ (nmtysq, 3sg.pres.dur.)
      • Northwestern Iranian:
        • Gurani: نەمای (namāy), نامیای (nāmyāy, to bend down)
        • Kurdish:
          Central Kurdish: نەوین (newîn)
          Southern Kurdish: نەمیان (nemyan)
      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Classical Persian: نمیدن (namīdan, to bend (down); to pay attation)
      • Proto-Iranian: *Hapanámati
        • Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬀 (apanəmata, 3sg.med.inj.)
        • Middle Persian:
          Manichaean: 𐫀𐫁𐫗𐫀𐫖𐫀𐫅 (ʾbnʾmʾd)
        • Parthian:
          Parthian: 𐫀𐫁𐫗𐫜𐫤 (ʾbnft /⁠aβnaft⁠/, to withdraw, depart, perf.pass.)

    References

    1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nam-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280