نامه
See also: نامە and نامہ
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGLTA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾmk' /nāmag/, “book, letter”). Compare Old Armenian նամակ (namak), Classical Syriac ܢܡܩܐ (namqā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נמקא (namqā), and Arabic نمق (namq), Middle Iranian loanwords.
Pronunciation
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- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /nɑːma/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /nɒːma/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /nɒːme/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /nɔːma/
Noun
| Dari | نامه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нома (noma) |
نامه • (nâme) (plural نامهها (nâme-hâ))
- (archaic) book
- (in compounds) book [of]
- letter (written or printed communication)
Synonyms
- (book): کتاب (ketâb)
Derived terms
- اعتبارنامه (“letter of credit”)
- اعتراضنامه (“letter of protest”)
- اماننامه
- تقدیرنامه (“letter of commendation”)
- رزمنامه (“book of war”)
- روزنامه (ruznâme, “newspaper”)
- زندگینامه (“biography”)
- سالنامه (sâlnâme)
- سفرنامه (safarnâme)
- شاهنامه (shâhnâme, “epic of kings”)
- شجرهنامه (“genealogy”)
- طلاقنامه (“decree of divorce”)
- لغتنامه (loğat-nâme, “dictionary”)
- ماهنامه (mâhnâme)
- معرفینامه (“letter of recommendation”)
- نامهبر (“letter carrier”)
- نامهبر (nâme)
- نامهرسان (“letter carrier”)
- نامهرسان (nâme-resân)
- نامهنویس (nâme-nevis)
- هبهنامه (“deed of gift”)
- هفتهنامه (haftenâme)
- وصیتنامه (“will”)
- وکالتنامه (“power of attorney; proxy”)
- پایاننامه (pâyân-nâme)
- گاهنامه (gâhnâme)
- گواهینامه (“credential”)
- گیرندهنامه (“addressee”)
Descendants
- → Bengali: -নামা (-nama)
- Tajik: нома (noma)
- → Uzbek: noma
- → Azerbaijani: namə / نامه
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: نامہ (nāma)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نامە (name)
- Northern Kurdish: name
- → Ottoman Turkish: نامه (nâme)
- Turkish: name
- → Crimean Tatar: name
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਨਾਮਾ (nāmā)
- Shahmukhi: نامہ (nāma)
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nāmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 425b
- “nmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–