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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