نیم

See also: نيم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭢, 𐭭𐭩𐭬 (nēm, “half”) (logogram PRG from Aramaic), from Proto-Iranian *náymah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma), Sanskrit नेम (néma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [niːm], [neːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [niːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nim]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nim]

Readings
Classical reading?	nīm, nēm
Dari reading?	nīm
Iranian reading?	nim
Tajik reading?	nim

Adjective

Dari	نیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ним

نیم • (nim)

1. half
2. semi-, hemi-

Synonyms

• نصف (nesf)

Related terms

• نیمه (nima)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 317

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नियम (niyamá).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neːm/
(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.jəm/

Noun

نیم • (nem or niyam) m (Hindi spelling नेम or नियम)

1. rule
2. law
3. principle
4. regulation
5. restriction
6. obligation
7. custom
8. contract
9. penance
10. piety
11. any self-imposed restraint or religious observance

Synonyms

• قاعدہ (qā'idā)
• اصول (usūl)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /niːm/

Noun

نیم • (nīm) m (Hindi spelling नीम)

1. neem (Azadirachta indica)

References

• John T. Platts (2012 August 13 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]