nmk'

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • 𐫗𐫖𐫏𐫍𐫐‎ (nmyhk /namak/) (Manichaean)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *namadka-[1], compare Bactrian ναμιλγο (namilgo).

Noun

nmk'‎ • (namak)

  1. (Book Pahlavi) salt

Descendants
  • Classical Persian: [Term?]

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “namak”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 464
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