ږمنځ

Pashto

Etymology

Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to pluck”), but the exact pathway from that root is controversial.

  • Matasović derives this from an extension of an n-stem (Proto-Indo-European *pḱḗn)[1] which would become Proto-Iranian *fšā́. This derivation is compatible with an immediate proto-form *fšanačiH (ESIJa) or *fšančiH (Morgenstierne).
  • Cheung rejects any zero-grade root formation and sets up a proto-form *pašána-čiH.

Pronunciation

  • (Kandahar) IPA(key): /ʐm̩əŋd͡z/
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  • (Peshawar) IPA(key): /ɡəˈmənz/
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  • (Marwat) IPA(key): /ʒm̩əŋd͡z/
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Noun

ږمنځ • (ǵmënź) f

  1. comb

Declension

Declension of ږمنځ
singular plural
direct ږمنځ (ǵmënź) ږمنځې (ǵmënźe)
oblique ږمنځې (ǵmënźe) ږمنځو (ǵmënźo)
vocative ږمنځې (ǵmënźe) ږمنځو (ǵmënźo)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2017), “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas‎[1], volume 103, Presses Universitaires du Midi, pages 37-43
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