𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶
Old Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *náHhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH (compare Sanskrit नासा (nāsā) from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- (“nose”) (compare Latin nāsus, Lithuanian nósis and Old English nosu and nose (English nose)).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /naːham/
Noun
𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (nāham) f
- nose
- 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:
- adamšai[y] utā nāham utā gaušā utā hazānam frājanam utāšaiy [u]cašma avajam duvarayā maiy basta adāriya haruvašim kāra avaina
- I cut off his nose, his ears, and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in fetters at my palace entrance, and all the people beheld him.
- adamšai[y] utā nāham utā gaušā utā hazānam frājanam utāšaiy [u]cašma avajam duvarayā maiy basta adāriya haruvašim kāra avaina
- 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:
Declension
| Declension of 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) |
| Vocative | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) |
| Accusative | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) |
| Instrumental | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎠 (n-a-h-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-š) |
| Dative | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 (n-a-h-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎲𐎡𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-š) |
| Genitive | 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎹𐎠 (n-a-h-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-n-a-m) |
| Locative | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐎹 (n-a-i-y) | 𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a) | 𐎴𐎠𐎡𐏁𐎢𐎺𐎠 (n-a-i-š-u-v-a) |