نرم

See also: نزم

Arabic

Verb

نَرْمِ • (narmi) (form I)

first-person plural non-past active jussive of رَمَى (ramā)

Verb

نُرْمَ • (nurma) (form I)

first-person plural non-past passive jussive of رَمَى (ramā)

Khalaj

Adjective

نَرم (narm or nərm)

Arabic spelling of narm, nərm (“soft”)

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

نرم • (narm)

Derived terms

نرم‌افزار (narm-afzâr)
نرم نرمک (narm narmak)

Descendants

→ Khalaj: narm
→ Bengali: নরম (norom)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəɾm/, (vulg.) /nəɾəm/[4]
Rhymes: -əɾm, -əɾəm
Hyphenation: نَرْم

Adjective

نَرْم • (narm) (Hindi spelling नरम)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “narm”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag
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
Platts, John T. (1884) “نرم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نرم (narm).

Noun

نرم (narm)

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