j̈im

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

  • zim (Western, Northeastern)

Etymology

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

Noun

j̈im m (Southeastern)[2][3]

  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), “ź′im”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.
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