Arabic

Verb

نَامَ • ‎(nāma) I, non-past يَنَامُ‎ (yanāmu)

1. to sleep
2. to go to bed
3. to go to sleep
4. to abate, to subside, to let up, to calm down
5. to be inactive, to be listless
6. to be numb
7. to neglect, to omit, to overlook
8. to forget
9. to be reassured, to accept, to assent, to acquiesce
10. to trust, to have confidence in

Conjugation

Related terms

• نوام
• نوم
• نَوْمِيّ ‎(nawmiyy, “related to sleep”)
• نومَة
• نؤوم

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”).

Noun

نام • ‎(nám)

1. name
2. reputation
3. designation

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् ‎(nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”).

Alternative forms

• nama

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /namə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /nama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

نام ‎(Rumi spelling nama)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

Descendants

Synonyms

• isim / اسم

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭠𐭬 ‎(nām), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 ‎(nāma), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish nav, Pashto نوم ‎(nūm), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 ‎(nāman-)) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man- (compare Sanskrit नामन् ‎(nā́man), Hindi नाम ‎(nām)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”) (compare Greek όνομα ‎(ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն ‎(anun), and English name).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [nɒːm]

Noun

نام • ‎(nâm) ‎(plural نام‌ها ‎(nâm-hấ))

1. name
2. reputation

Inflection

Derived terms

• نامی ‎(nâmi)
• نامیدن ‎(nâmidan)
• بنام ‎(benâm)

See also

• اسم ‎(esm)

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् ‎(nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man- (compare Persian نام ‎(nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”) (compare Greek όνομα ‎(ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն ‎(anun), and English name).

Noun

نام • ‎(nām) m ‎(Hindi spelling नाम)

1. name

Declension