نجم

See also: نحم‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ن ج م‎ (n-j-m).

Verb

نَجَمَ • (najama) I, non-past يَنْجُمُ‎‎ (yanjumu)

  1. to appear
  2. to rise
  3. to break forth, to grow
  4. to come forward
  5. to pay punctually at appointed terms
Conjugation
References

Verb

نَجَّمَ • (najjama) II, non-past يُنَجِّمُ‎‎ (yunajjimu)

  1. to observe the stars
  2. to predict the future from the stars, to practice astrology
  3. to pay in installments
Conjugation

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (plural نُجُوم‎ (nujūm))

  1. installment, partial payment
Declension

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (plural نُجُوم‎ (nujūm) or أَنْجُم‎ (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام‎ (ʔanjām))

  1. (astronomy) celestial body, star, planet, luminary
  2. (astronomy) constellation, asterism
  3. lucky star
Declension

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (collective, singulative نَجْمَة‎ f (najma), plural نُجُوم‎ (nujūm) or أَنْجُم‎ (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام‎ (ʔanjām))

  1. stalkless plant, herb, grass
Declension
References

Noun

نُجُم • (nujum) m pl

  1. plural of نَجْم (najm)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجْم‎ (najm, “star, celestial body”).

Noun

نجم • (necm) (plural نجوم‎ (necum))

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: اختر‎ (ahter), ستاره‎ (sitāre), یلدز‎ (yıldız)
  2. (astronomy) asterism, an unofficial constellation like the Orion's Belt

Derived terms

  • نجم ثاقب‎ (necm-i sābit, “bright star; Saturn”)
  • نجمی‎ (necmî, “starry”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: necm

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْم‎ (najm).

Noun

نجم • (najm)

  1. (astronomy) star

Synonyms

Tunisian Arabic

Verb

نجّم (najjam)

  1. can, to be able to
  2. could
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