Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/namaHčah

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Iranian

Etymology

From *námah +‎ *-aHčah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas.

Noun

*namaHčah m

1. worship, homage
2. prayer

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Sogdian: (/⁠namāč⁠/, “homage; prayer; reverence”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)

    Sogdian script: 𐼻𐼺𐼰𐼿 (nmʾc)

    Syriac script: ܢܡܐܣ (nmʾc)

• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: لمونځ (lmunź), نمونځ (nmunź)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: نماش (namáš), نمواش (nawáš)
  • Kurdish:

    Central Kurdish: نوێژ (nwêj)

    Northern Kurdish: nimêj, nivêj, nimê

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Old Azari: *namāǰ
      • Harzani: نمژ (namöž)
      • Karingani: نموژ (namuž)
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: نماز (nəmāz)
      • Old Mazanderani: نماج (namāǰ)
        • Mazanderani: نماج (nëmāǰ), نماز (nëmāz)
    • Parthian: (/⁠namāž⁠/, “bow, obeisance”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫉 (nmʾz), 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)

      Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭅𐭎𐭂𐭃𐭇 (OSGDE)

    • Zaza-Gorani:
      • Gurani: نما (nimā), نماج (nimāǰ) (in poems)
      • Zazaki: nema (namā), nimac (nimāǰ)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠namāz⁠/, “bow, obeisance; prayer; reverence, prostration”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫗𐫖𐫀𐫝 (nmʾc)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (OSGDE), [Book Pahlavi needed] (nmʾc)

    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (OSGDE)

    Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮍𐮂𐮃𐮇 (SGDH̲)

    Pazend script: 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬲 (namāž)

    • Northern Luri: نئماز (nemāz)
    • Classical Persian: نماز (namāz) (see there for further descendants)
      • Dari: نماز (namāz)
      • Iranian Persian: نماز (namāz)
      • Tajik: намоз (namoz)
      • → Baluchi: نماز (nimáz)
      • → Southern Kurdish: نماز (nmaz)