نیم

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭢, 𐭭𐭩𐭬‎ (nēm, “half”), logogram PRG from Aramaic.

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [neːm]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [niːm]

1. half

1. semi-, hemi-

• نصف‎ (nesf)

• نیمه‎ (nime)

From Sanskrit नियम (niyamá)

نیم • (niyam) ? (Hindi spelling नियम)

1. rule
2. law
3. principle
4. regulation
5. restriction
6. obligation
7. custom
8. contract
9. penance
10. piety
11. any self-imposed restraint or religious observance

• قاعدہ‎ (qāyadā)
• اصول‎ (usūl)

• John T. Platts (accessed 08-13-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎