نامه

See also: نامە‎ and نامہ‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian MGLTA / nʾmk' (nāmag). Compare Old Armenian նամակ (namak), Classical Syriac ܢܡܩܐ‎ (namqā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נמקא‎ (namqā), and Arabic نمق‎ (namq), Middle Iranian loanwords.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nɒːˈmæ/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /nɒːˈme/

Noun

Dari Persian	نامه‎
Iranian Persian	نامه‎
Tajiki Persian	нома (noma)

نامه • (nâme) (plural نامه‌ها‎ (nâme-hâ))

(archaic) book
(in compounds) book [of]
letter (written or printed communication)

Synonyms

(book): کتاب‎ (ketâb)

Derived terms

Terms derived from

اعتبارنامه‎ (“letter of credit”)
اعتراض‌نامه‎ (“letter of protest”)
امان‌نامه‎
تقدیرنامه‎ (“letter of commendation”)
رزم‌نامه‎ (“book of war”)
روزنامه‎ (ruznâme, “newspaper”)
زندگی‌نامه‎ (“biography”)
سالنامه‎ (sâlnâme)
سفرنامه‎ (safarnâme)
شاهنامه‎ (shâhnâme, “epic of kings”)
شجره‌نامه‎ (“genealogy”)
طلاق‌نامه‎ (“decree of divorce”)
لغت‌نامه‎ (loğat-nâme, “dictionary”)
ماهنامه‎ (mâhnâme)

معرفی‌نامه‎ (“letter of recommendation”)
نامه‌بر‎ (“letter carrier”)
نامه‌بر‎ (nâme)
نامه‌رسان‎ (“letter carrier”)
نامه‌رسان‎ (nâme-resân)
نامه‌نویس‎ (nâme-nevis)
هبه‌نامه‎ (“deed of gift”)
هفته‌نامه‎ (haftenâme)
وصیت‌نامه‎ (“will”)
وکالتنامه‎ (“power of attorney; proxy”)
پایان‌نامه‎ (pâyân-nâme)
گاهنامه‎ (gâhnâme)
گواهی‌نامه‎ (“credential”)
گیرنده‌نامه‎ (“addressee”)

Descendants

Tajik: нома (noma)
- → Uzbek: noma
→ Azeri: namə / نامه‎
→ Hindustani:
Urdu: نامہ‎ (nāmā)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: name

Central Kurdish: نامە‎ (name)
→ Ottoman Turkish: نامه‎ (nâme)
- Turkish: name
- → Crimean Tatar: name

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nāmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 57
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նամակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 425b
“nmq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

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