نام

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن و م‎ (n-w-m).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naː.ma/

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 (عَنْ‎ (ʕan) or عَلَى‎ (ʕalā))
  8. to forget
  9. to be reassured, to accept, to assent, to acquiesce
  10. to trust, to have confidence in (إِلَى‎ (ʔilā))

Conjugation
Conjugation of
نَامَ
(form-I hollow, verbal nouns نَوْم or مَنَام)
verbal nouns
الْمَصَادِر
nawm or manām
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل
nāʔim
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول
manūm
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m
nimtu
nimta
نَامَ

nāma
نِمْتُمَا‎

nimtumā
نَامَا‎

nāmā
nimnā
nimtum
nāmū
f
nimti
nāmat
نَامَتَا‎

nāmatā
nimtunna
nimna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m
ʔanāmu
tanāmu
yanāmu
تَنَامَانِ‎

tanāmāni
يَنَامَانِ‎

yanāmāni
nanāmu
tanāmūna
yanāmūna
f
tanāmīna
tanāmu
تَنَامَانِ‎

tanāmāni
tanamna
yanamna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m
ʔanāma
tanāma
yanāma
تَنَامَا‎

tanāmā
يَنَامَا‎

yanāmā
nanāma
tanāmū
yanāmū
f
tanāmī
tanāma
تَنَامَا‎

tanāmā
tanamna
yanamna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m
ʔanam
tanam
yanam
تَنَامَا‎

tanāmā
يَنَامَا‎

yanāmā
nanam
tanāmū
yanāmū
f
tanāmī
tanam
تَنَامَا‎

tanāmā
tanamna
yanamna
imperative
الْأَمْر		 m
nam
نَامَا‎

nāmā
nāmū
f
nāmī
namna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد		 dual
الْمُثَنَّى		 plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب		 1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم		 2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب		 3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي		 m — —
nīma		 — — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع		 m — —
yunāmu		 — — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب		 m — —
yunāma		 — — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم		 m — —
yunam		 — — — — —
f — — — — —

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “نوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

نام • (nám)

  1. name
  2. reputation
  3. designation

Egyptian Arabic

Verb

نام • (nām) (perfect, imperfect ينام‎ (yinām))

  1. to sleep

Malay

Noun

نام (plural نام-نام or نام۲‎, informal 1st possessive نامکو‎, 2nd possessive ناممو‎, 3rd possessive نامڽ‎)

  1. Jawi spelling of nama

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ŠM (/nām/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-m /nāma/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Northern Kurdish nav, Pashto نوم‎ (nūm), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥-‎ (nāman-)) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Hindi नाम (nām)/Urdu نام‎ (nām)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (compare Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun), and English name).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Iran)(file)

Noun
Dari نام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ном (nom)

نام • (nâm) (plural نام‌ها‎ (nâm-hâ))

  1. name
    Synonym: اسم‎ (esm)
  2. reputation

Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of نام (nâm)
    Basic forms of نام (nâm)
singular plural
bare نام
(nâm)		 نام‌ها
(nâm-hấ)
ناما △
(nâmấ)
definitive direct object نام را
(nâm râ)
نام رو △
(nâmo)		 نام‌ها را
(nâm-hấ râ)
ناما رو △
(nâmấ ro)
ezâfe نام
(nâm-e)		 نام‌های
(nâm-hấ-ye)
نامای △
(nâmấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 نامی
(nâm-i)		 نام‌هایی
(nâmấn-i, nâm-hấ-i)
نامایی △
(nâmấi)
△ Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of نام (nâm)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)		 نامم‎
(nâmam)		 نام‌هایم‎
(nâm-hấyam)
نام‌هام، نامام‎ △
(nâmấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)		 نامت‎
(nâmat)
[Term?] △
(nâmet)		 نام‌هایت‎
(nâm-hấyat)
نام‌هات، نامات‎ △
(nâmất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)		 نامش‎
(nâmaš)
[Term?] △
(nâmeš)		 نام‌هایش‎
(nâm-hấyaš)
نام‌هاش، ناماش‎ △
(nâmấš)
1st plural
(“our”)		 ناممان‎
(nâmemân)
ناممون‎ △
(nâmemun)		 نام‌هایمان‎
(nâm-hấyemân)
نام‌هامون، نامامون‎ △
(nâmấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)		 نامتان‎
(nâmetân)
نامتون‎ △
(nâmetun)		 نام‌هایتان‎
(nâm-hấyetân)
نام‌هاتون، ناماتون‎ △
(nâmấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)		 نامشان‎
(nâmešân)
نامشون‎ △
(nâmešun)		 نام‌هایشان‎
(nâm-hấyešân)
نام‌هاشون، ناماشون‎ △
(nâmấšun)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

See also

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ن و م‎

Etymology

From Arabic نَامَ‎ (nāma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naːm/, [næːm]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Verb

نام • (nām) (form I, present بنام‎ (binām), active participle نايم‎ (nāyem))

  1. to sleep
    ‏بنام شوي بعد الغدا.‎‎
    banām šway baʕd il-ḡada.
    I sleep a little bit after lunch.
  2. to lie down (+ على‎)
    ‏نام عالكنبة وارتاح.‎‎
    nām ʕal-kanabe w-irtāḥ.
    Lie down on the couch and relax.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of نام (nām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نمت (nimt) نمت (nimt) نام (nām) نمنا (nimna) نمتو (nimtu) نامو (nāmu)
f نمتي (nimti) نامت (nāmat)
present m بنام (banām) بتنام (bitnām) بنام (binām) مننام (minnām) بتنامو (bitnāmu) بنامو (bināmu)
f بتنامي (bitnāmi) بتنام (bitnām)
subjunctive m انام (anām) تنام (tnām) ينام (ynām) ننام (nnām) تنامو (tnāmu) ينامو (ynāmu)
f تنامي (tnāmi) تنام (tnām)
imperative m نام (nām) نامو (nāmu)
f نامي (nāmi)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Persian نام‎ (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Punjabi ناں‎ (nāṉ) and English name.

Pronunciation

Noun

نام • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling नाम)

  1. name

Declension
Declension of نام
singular plural
direct نام‎ (nām) نام‎ (nām)
oblique نام‎ (nām) ناموں‎ (nāmō̃)
vocative نام‎ (nām) نامو‎ (nāmō)

References
  • “نام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • “نام”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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