نیام

See also: نيام

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫗𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫖 (nyyʾm), 𐫗𐫏𐫀𐫖 (nyʾm /⁠niyām⁠/). Based on an Old Persian *nidāmān- (“covering, envelope”).

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 edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ˈjɑːm]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	niyām
Dari reading^?	niyām
Iranian reading^?	niyâm
Tajik reading^?	niyom

Noun edit


Iranian Persian	نِیام
Dari	نِیام
Tajik	ниём

نیام • (niyâm)

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

Derived terms edit

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 214
Henning, W. B. (1977) Selected Papers (Acta Iranica; 14)‎^[2], volume 1, Tehran and Liège: Bibliothèque Pahlavi, pages 131–132
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^[3] (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^[4] (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–