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𐭫𐭧𐭬𐭠

LHMA

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

Noun

LHMA (nān [LHMA])

  1. bread
  2. food

Descendants

  • Manichaean Middle Persian: nʾn (nān)
  • Persian: نان (nān)
    • Tajik: нон (non)
    • → Bengali: নান (nan)
    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: नान (nān)
      Urdu: نان (nān)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: نان (nān)
    • → Pashto: نان (nān)
    • → Uyghur: نان (nan)
      • → Chinese: , (náng)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979), “nāṃji”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 179b
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 6