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Where does “plmʾn'” come from?

plmʾn' (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pramaHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

plmʾn' (Middle Persian): order, command

Definitions

  1. order, command

Ancestry of “plmʾn'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠command
2Proto-Indo-IranianpramaHnam—
3Proto-Indo-European*meh₁nom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “plmʾn'”

  • firman
  • ferman
  • फ़रमान
  • فرمانده
  • فرمان
  • فرمان
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