منام

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن و م‎ (n-w-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.naːm/

Noun

مَنام • (manām) m (plural مَنَاوِم‎ (manāwim) or مَنَامَات‎ (manāmāt))

  1. verbal noun of نَامَ‎ (nāma) (form I)
  2. sleep
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:42:
      ‏اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا‎
      al-lahu yatawaffā l-ʔanfusa ḥīna mawtihā wāllatī lam tamut fī manāmihā
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. dream
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:
      ‏يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ‎
      yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fānẓur māḏā tarā
      O my dear son! I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: consider, then, what would be thy view!
  4. place of sleeping

Declension

Descendants

  • Moroccan Arabic: منام‎ (mnām)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَنام‎ (manām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mnaːm/

Noun

منام • (mnām) m (plural منامات‎ (mnāmāt))

  1. a dream
    Synonym: حلمة‎ (ḥalma)
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