From Proto-Indo-Iranian *táwkma , from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- .
*táwxma n [ 1]
seed
kinship , family
Central Iranian:
Younger Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬑𐬨𐬀𐬥 n ( taoxman , “ seed, germ, kinship ” )
Northeastern Iranian:
Proto-Saka-Wakhi:
Khotanese: [script needed] ( ttīma )
Wakhi: taɣ̌m
Sogdo-Bactrian:
Bactrian:
Greek script: τοχμανο ( toxmano /tuxman/ )
Proto-Sogdic: *táo̯xmah [ 1]
Sogdian: (/toxmí, toxmḗ/)
Buddhist: [script needed] ( tγmy )
Christian: [script needed] ( ṯxmy ) , [script needed] ( ṯwxmy )
Sogdian script: 𐽂𐼲𐼺𐼷 ( tɣmy )
Yagnobi: taxm ( /táx⁽ⁱ⁾m/ ) , tuxm ( /túx⁽ᵘ⁾m/ )
Southeastern Iranian:
Ishkashimi: [script needed] ( tьxm )
Parachi: tuxm
Pashto:
Pashto: تومن m ( tumán ) , تومنه f ( twámna, tómna )
Waziri: [script needed] ( temna )
Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *tūɣn Proto-Munji-Yidgha: Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *tūɣm Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *tūɣm
Northwestern Iranian:
Baluchi: [script needed] ( tūm ) , [script needed] ( tōm )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: تۆو ( tow ) , تۆم ( tom )
Northern Kurdish: tov
Southern Kurdish: تۊیەم ( tüyem )
Laki: توم ( tum )
Old Median: *tōxmā , *tauxmā
Parthian:
Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫇𐫟𐫖 ( twxm ) , 𐫎𐫇𐫟𐫖 ( ṯwxm /tōxm/ , “ seed; line, race ” ) ; 𐫤𐫇𐫟𐫖𐫗 ( twxmn /tōxman/ , “ seed-grain ” )
→ Classical Persian: تخم
Dari: تخم ( toxm )
Iranian Persian: تخم ( toxm , “ seed, grain, gamete ” )
Tajik: тухм ( tuxm , “ egg ” )
→ Armenian: թոխում ( tʻoxum )
→ Bashkir: тоҡом ( toqom )
→ Pashto: تخم ( tuxm )
→ Turkish: tohum
Zaza-Gurani:
Southwestern Iranian:
Larestani: [script needed] ( toxm ) , [script needed] ( tox )
Old Persian: 𐎫𐎢𐎶𐎠 f ( t-u-m-a /tauʰmā/ , “ family ” ) Middle Persian: (/tōhm/, "seed; family")Manichaean script: 𐫤𐫇𐫍𐫖 ( twhm ) , 𐫎𐫇𐫍𐫖 ( ṯwhm ) Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( twm ) ⇒ Middle Persian: ("family")Manichaean script: 𐫎𐫇𐫍𐫖𐫃𐫀𐫗 pl ( ṯwhmgʾn /tōhmagān/ ) Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( twhmk /tōhmag/ ) Gabri: [Term?] ( tūm ) → Old Armenian: տոհմ ( tohm , “ tribe, kin, clan ” ) → Old Georgian: ტოჰმი ( ṭohmi ) , ტომი ( ṭomi )
↑ 1.0 1.1 Novák, Ľubomír (2013 ) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation) [1] , Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 180