žim

Ashkun

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *j̈ima, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás (“cold, frost, winter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Doublet of zyë̃ (“winter”).[1]

Noun

žim (Sanu)[2]

  1. snow

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “ž′im”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
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