𑀡𑀸𑀫

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma, “name”). The sense "bowing down" is from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnāma, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (whence the Sanskrit root नम् (nam, “to bow”)) and the sense "indeed" is via Ashokan Prakrit 𑀦𑀫 (nama).

Noun

𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) n (Devanagari णाम)

  1. name
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami line 145:
      𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀸 𑀡𑀸𑀫 𑀖𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀻 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲
      pupphamālā ṇāma ghariṇī tassa
      His wife is named Pupphamālā.
  2. fame, renown, reputation
  3. bowing down, greeting, salutation

Declension
Magadhi declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)
Accusative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)
Instrumental 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ)
Dative — —
Ablative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmaśuṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu)
Genitive 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀰 (ṇāmaśśa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳 (ṇāmāha) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀁 (ṇāmāhaṃ)
Locative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmamhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼 (ṇāmeśu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmeśuṃ)
Vocative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)
Maharastri declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)
Accusative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)
Instrumental 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ)
Dative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀅 (ṇāmāa) —
Ablative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀑 (ṇāmāo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉 (ṇāmāu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) —
Genitive 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ṇāmassa) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡 (ṇāmāṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ṇāmesu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  • Helu:
    • Dhivehi: ނަން‎ (nan̊)
    • Sinhalese: නම (nama)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: nāv
      Devanagari script: नाव
      Kannada script: ನಾವ್
      Latin script: nav
    • Old Marathi: nāva, nāṃva
      Modi script: 𑘡𑘰𑘪, 𑘡𑘰𑘽𑘪
      Devanagari script: नाव, नांव
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: nā̃
      Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਂ
      Shahmukhi script: ناں‎
    • Sindhi:
      Devanagari script: नाउँ (nāũ)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:

Adverb

𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) (Devanagari णाम)

  1. indeed, certainly, really

Further reading
  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “णाम”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  • Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 287.
  • Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 122.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ṇāma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406
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