Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/namaHčah

This Proto-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-Iranian

Etymology

From *námah +‎ *-aHčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas.

Noun

*namaHčah m^[1]

worship, homage
prayer

Descendants

Northeastern Iranian:
- Sogdian: (/⁠namāč⁠/, “homage; prayer; reverence”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
  
  Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼺𐼰𐼿 (nmʾc)
  
  Syriac script: ܢܡܐܣ (nmʾc)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: لمونځ (lmunź), نمونځ (nmunź)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: نماش (namáš), نمواش (nawáš)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: نوێژ (nwêj)
  
  Northern Kurdish: nimêj, nivêj, nimê
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Old Azari: *namāǰ
    - Harzani: نمژ (namöž)
    - Karingani: نموژ (namuž)
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: نماز (nəmāz)
    - Old Mazanderani: نماج (namāǰ)
      - Mazanderani: نماج (nëmāǰ), نماز (nëmāz)
  - Parthian: (/⁠namāž⁠/, “bow, obeisance”)
    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫉 (nmʾz), 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
    
    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭅𐭎𐭂𐭃𐭇 (OSGDE)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    - Gurani: نما (nimā), نماج (nimāǰ) (in poems)
    - Zazaki: nema (namā), nimac (nimāǰ)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/⁠namāz⁠/, “bow, obeisance; prayer; reverence, prostration”)
  Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)
  
  Book Pahlavi script: (OSGDE), (nmʾc)
  
  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (OSGDE)
  
  Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮍𐮂𐮃𐮇 (SGDH̲)
  
  Pazend script: 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬲 (namāž)
  - Northern Luri: نئماز (nemāz)
  - Classical Persian: نماز (namāz) (see there for further descendants)
    - Dari: نماز (namāz)
    - Iranian Persian: نماز (namāz)
    - Tajik: намоз (namoz)
    - → Baluchi: نماز (nimáz)
    - → Southern Kurdish: نماز (nmaz)

References

^ Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 403

[1] Schmitt, Rüdiger, editor (1989), Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 403

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/namaHčah

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