πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ

Old Persian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *nΓ‘Hhah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nΓ‘HsaH (compare Sanskrit ΰ€¨ΰ€Ύΰ€Έΰ€Ύ (nāsā)), from Proto-Indo-European *nΓ©hβ‚‚s- (β€œnose”) (compare Latin nāsus, Lithuanian nΓ³sis and Old English nosu and nose (English nose)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ (nāham)Β f

  1. nose
    • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:
      adamőai[y] utā nāham utā gauőā utā hazānam frājanam utāőaiy [u]caőma avajam duvarayā maiy basta adāriya haruvaőim 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.

Declension

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Declension of πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ (n-a-h-m) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a)
Vocative πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ (n-a-h-m) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a)
Accusative πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΆ (n-a-h-m) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a) πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a)
Instrumental πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽ  (n-a-h-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎲𐎑𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎲𐎑𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-Ε‘)
Dative πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΉπŽ  (n-a-h-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎲𐎑𐎹𐎠 (n-a-i-b-i-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎲𐎑𐏁 (n-a-i-b-i-Ε‘)
Genitive πŽ΄πŽ πƒπŽΉπŽ  (n-a-h-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎢 (n-a-n-a-m)
Locative 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐎹 (n-a-i-y) 𐎴𐎠𐎹𐎠 (n-a-y-a) 𐎴𐎠𐎑𐏁𐎒𐎺𐎠 (n-a-i-ő-u-v-a)