نرم

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Arabic

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Verb

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نرم (form I)

  1. نَرْمِ (narmi) /nar.mi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of رَمَى (ramā)
  2. نُرْمَ (nurma) /nur.ma/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of رَمَى (ramā)

Khalaj

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Adjective

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نَرم (narm or nərm)

  1. Arabic spelling of narm, nərm (“soft”)

Persian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *namráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *namrás (“submissive, humble”).

Noun

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نرم • (narm)

  1. soft
  2. smooth
  3. sleek
  4. mild
  5. bendy
  6. gentle

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Khalaj: narm
  • → Bengali: নরম (norom)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نرم (narm, “soft”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (narm, “humble, soft”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Iranian *namráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *namrás (“submissive, humble”), from Proto-Indo-European *nm̥-ró-s, from *nem- (“to bend”) +‎ *-rós (adjective suffix).[2]

Doublet of نمر (namr, “bent, curteous, humble, submissive”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫗𐫖𐫡 (namr, “humble, meek”).[3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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نَرْم • (narm) (Hindi spelling नरम)

  1. soft
  2. smooth
  3. sleek
  4. mild
  5. bendy
  6. gentle
  7. bland

References

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  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “narm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
  3. ^ A. Tafażżolī (2011 August 10) [1986 December 15] “Arabic Language ii. Iranian Loanwords in Arabic”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, volume II, fascicle 3, pages 231–33
  4. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “نرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu نرم (narm).

Noun

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نرم (narm)

  1. soft
  2. smooth
  3. sleek
  4. mild
  5. bendy
  6. gentle
  7. bland
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