Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/námati

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/námati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Verb

*námati

1. bend, bow

Derived terms

• [Term?]
  • Iranian: [Term?]
    • Ossetian: ("bashfulness")

      Digor: ниндӕ (nindæ)

      Iron: нымд (nymd)

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *námati
  • Sanskrit: नमति (námati)
• Iranian: *námati[1]
  • Gurani: نەمای‎ (namāy), نامیای‎ (nāmyāy, “to bend down”)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (nonda-), [script needed] (nauda-, “obeisance, worship”) (Late Khotanese)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: نەوین‎ (nawīn)

    Southern Kurdish: نەمیان‎ (namyān)

  • Sogdian:

    Buddhist: [script needed] (nmʾy, 2sg.pres.opt.)

    Christian: [script needed] (nmtysq, 3sg.pres.dur.)

    Sogdian: [script needed] (nmʾw, 1sg.pres.inj.)

  • ⇒ 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