LHMA

Middle Persian Alternative forms pal nʾn' nān Book Pahlavi pal 𐭫𐭧𐭬𐭠 LHMA nān Inscriptional Pahlavi pal 𐫗𐫀𐫗 nʾn nān Manichaean Etymology From pal peo, from pal ira-pro *nagna- (compare sog 𐼻𐼲𐼻- naγn- bread, bal نگن nagan, ps naγan, Manichaean xpr 𐫗𐫃𐫗 ngn naγn Mani, kho nāṃji, and possibly the xcl - loanword xcl նկան); from pal iir-pro (compare sa नग्नहु ferment, a drug used for fermenting spirituous liquor). Further origin is unclear, but may stem from pal ira-pro *ni-kana- buried or laid under hot ashes, from pal ine-pro *h₁én *ní inside, down + pal ira-pro *kánHati to dig. Another theory derives the term from pal ine-pro *negʷ- bare, naked, in the sense "plain bread". 𐡋𐡇𐡌𐡀 laḥmā [lḥmʾ] Cognate to urj-pro and qfa-yen-pro. Noun pal noun LHMA /nān/ pal Book Pahlavi bread pal Book Pahlavi food Descendants fa-cls نان nān prs نان nān fa-ira نان nân tg нон bn নান 1 → Hindustani: hi नान ur نان nān en naan 1 ps نان nān 1 ota نان nān 1 ug نان 1 1 cmn 饢 náng References nāṃji 179b 5 418-9 nān 58 II 6