نمودن

From Middle Persian (nmwtn' /⁠nimūdan⁠/, “to show, guide”), from Proto-Iranian *ní- + Proto-Iranian *maH- (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní (“in, down”) + Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬌𐬨𐬀 (nima, “measure down, show”). Also related to آزمودن (âzmudan, “to test, experience”), and پیمودن (paymudan, “to measure, to walk”).

نَمودَن • (namudan) (present stem نما (namâ))

1. to show, to cause to appear, to exhibit
2. to appear, to seem
3. (in compounds) to do, make

• In formal speech, any compound verb that is formed with کَردَن (kardan) can also be formed with نَمودَن (namudan). This is used to avoid the repetition and overuse of کَردَن (kardan) in sentences. For example, the compound verb مِیانجیگَری کَردَن (miyânjigari kardan, “to mediate”) can also be seen as مِیانجیگَری نَمودَن (miyânjigari namudan).

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نمودن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 60
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 293
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256