نیم

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭢, 𐭭𐭩𐭬‎ (nēm, “half”) (logogram PRG from Aramaic), from Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀‎ (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma).

نیم • (nim)

1. half
2. semi-, hemi-

• نصف‎ (nesf)

• نیمه‎ (nima)

From Sanskrit नियम (niyamá).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neːm/

• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /neːm/
  

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.jəm/

• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /nɪ.jəm/

نیم • (nem or niyam) m (Hindi spelling नेम or नियम)

1. rule
2. law
3. principle
4. regulation
5. restriction
6. obligation
7. custom
8. contract
9. penance
10. piety
11. any self-imposed restraint or religious observance

• قاعدہ‎ (qā'idā)
• اصول‎ (usūl)

Inherited from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /niːm/

• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /niːm/

نیم • (nīm) m (Hindi spelling नीम)

1. neem (Azadirachta indica)

• John T. Platts (accessed 08-13-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎