نیام

See also: نيام‎

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫗𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫖‎ (nyyʾm), 𐫗𐫏𐫀𐫖‎ (nyʾm /niyām/).

Cognate to Wakhi [script needed] (naẟün, “scabbard”) and Sanskrit निधानम् (nidhānam, “act of laying down, depositing, deposit; keeping; preserving; place where something is deposited or kept, receptacle”).

Also borrowed into Biblical Hebrew נָדָן‎ (nāḏā́n) found in the Tanakh only in 1 Chronicles 21, 27 and into Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, נִידְנַה‎ (niḏnā), נִדְנַה‎ (niḏnā), נִדְנָא‎ (niḏnā), נְדָנָא‎ (nəḏānā), לדְנָא‎ (liḏnā), לְדָנָא‎ (ləḏānā), later contaminated Classical Syriac ܢܺܝܡܳܐ‎ (nīmā, “sheath”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /niːjɑːm/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /niːjɑːm/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /niːjɒːm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /nijɔm/

Noun

Iranian Persian	نِیام
Dari	نِیام
Tajik	ниём (niyom)

نیام • (niyâm)

sheath, scabbard
(anatomy) vagina
Synonyms: مهبل‎ (mahbel), فرج‎ (farj), غلاف‎ (ğilâf)

Derived terms

نیامی‎ (niyâmi, “vaginal”)
نیام کیر‎ (niyâm-e kir, “prepuce”)

Descendants

→ Classical Azerbaijani: niyam
→ Pashto: نیام‎ (niyām)
→ Ottoman Turkish: نیام‎ (niyam)
→ Urdu: نِیام‎ (niyām)

References

Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 214
Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 238 Nr. 1063
Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 79 Nr. 200
Nöldeke, Theodor (1884), “Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen mit einer kritischen Erörterung der aramäischen Wörter im Neuen Testament von E. Kautzsch. Leipzig 1884. VIII und 181 S. in Oktav.”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎ (in German), page 1022
Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009), “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, pages 177–178 fn. 86
Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 829b
“ndn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“ldn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“nym³”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–