इमम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *imám,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ím suffixed with *-ám.[2] Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬌𐬨𐬆𐬨 (iməm), Old Persian 𐎡𐎶𐎶 (i-m-m /⁠imam⁠/).[3]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

इमम् • (imám)

  1. masculine accusative singular of इदम् (idám, this)

References

  1. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2017–2018), “Chapter XVII: Indo-Iranian”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Indo-Iranian, page 1901
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ay-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103
  3. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 370