nmk'

nmk'

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐫗𐫖𐫏𐫍𐫐‎ (nmyhk /namak/) (Manichaean)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *namadka-[1], compare Bactrian ναμιλγο (namilgo).

Noun

nmk'‎ • (namak)

1. (Book Pahlavi) salt

Descendants

• Classical Persian: [Term?]
  • Persian: نمک‎ (namak)
  • → Hindi: नमक (namak)
  • → Urdu: نمک‎ (namak)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “namak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 464