نزم

See also: نرم

Persian

Alternative forms

• نژم (nežm)

Etymology

From Parthian nyzmʾn (nizmān, “fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with English night.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nizm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪzm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪzm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪzm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nizm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nezm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nizm]

Readings
Classical reading?	nizm
Dari reading?	nizm
Iranian reading?	nezm
Tajik reading?	nizm

Noun

نزم • (nezm)

1. fog, mist, haze

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “nyzmʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 257a