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Where does “LHMA” come from?

LHMA (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

LHMA (Middle Persian): bread; food

Definitions

  1. bread; food

Ancestry of “LHMA”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iraniannagna-—
2Proto-Iranianni—

Words derived from “LHMA”

  • naan
  • 饢
  • नान
  • نانکلی
  • نان
  • нан
  • နံပြား
  • نان
  • نان
  • نان
Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →