žima

Prasuni

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (“building, permanent house”), although *zimi would be expected. A more likely preform would be *čiman- or its oblique *čimn-a-.

Likely related to ižinik (“thread”) (< *ā-čina-ka-, root *či-) in the original sense of "cloth".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiˈma/

Noun

žima (Dewa)

1. tent

References

• Julian Kreidl (2024) Prasun historical linguistics: new etymologies and the fate of the Indo-Iranian morphemes *-am and *-ka-, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (2024), p. 10

Upper Sorbian

Verb

žima

1. third-person singular present of žimać