نامه

See also: نامە‎ and نامہ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGLTA) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (nʾmk' /nāmag/, “book, letter”). Compare Old Armenian նամակ (namak), Classical Syriac ܢܡܩܐ‎ (namqā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נמקא‎ (namqā), and Arabic نمق‎ (namq), Middle Iranian loanwords.

Pronunciation
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  • (Dari): IPA(key): /nɒːma/

Noun
Dari نامه
Iranian Persian
Tajik нома (noma)

نامه • (nâme) (plural نامه‌ها‎ (nâme-hâ))

  1. (archaic) book
  2. (in compounds) book [of]
  3. letter (written or printed communication)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • اعتبارنامه‎ (“letter of credit”)
  • اعتراض‌نامه‎ (“letter of protest”)
  • امان‌نامه‎
  • تقدیرنامه‎ (“letter of commendation”)
  • رزم‌نامه‎ (“book of war”)
  • روزنامه‎ (ruznâme, “newspaper”)
  • زندگی‌نامه‎ (“biography”)
  • سالنامه‎ (sâlnâme)
  • سفرنامه‎ (safarnâme)
  • شاهنامه‎ (šâhnâme, “epic of kings”)
  • شجره‌نامه‎ (“genealogy”)
  • طلاق‌نامه‎ (“decree of divorce”)
  • لغت‌نامه‎ (loğat-nâme, “dictionary”)
  • ماهنامه‎ (mâhnâme)
  • معرفی‌نامه‎ (“letter of recommendation”)
  • نامه‌بر‎ (nâme)
  • نامه‌بر‎ (“letter carrier”)
  • نامه‌رسان‎ (nâme-resân)
  • نامه‌رسان‎ (“letter carrier”)
  • نامه‌نویس‎ (nâme-nevis)
  • هبه‌نامه‎ (“deed of gift”)
  • هفته‌نامه‎ (hafte-nâme)
  • وصیت‌نامه‎ (“will”)
  • وکالتنامه‎ (“power of attorney; proxy”)
  • پایان‌نامه‎ (pâyân-nâme)
  • گاهنامه‎ (gâhnâme)
  • گواهی‌نامه‎ (“credential”)
  • گیرنده‌نامه‎ (“addressee”)

Descendants
  • → Bengali: -নামা (-nama)
  • Tajik: нома (noma)
  • → Azerbaijani: namə / نامه‎
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नामा (nāmā)
    Urdu: نامہ‎ (nāma)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: نامە‎ (name)
    Northern Kurdish: name
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نامه‎ (nâme)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਮਾ (nāmā)
    Shahmukhi script: نامہ‎ (nāma)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nāmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 425b
  • “nmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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