نام

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 (ʿan) or عَلَى‎ (ʿalā))
8. to forget
9. to be reassured, to accept, to assent, to acquiesce
10. to trust, to have confidence in (إِلَى‎ (ʾilā))

Conjugation

Conjugation of

نَامَ

(form-I hollow, verbal nouns نَوْم or مَنَام)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						نَوْم‎ or مَنَام‎ nawm or manām
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						نَائِم‎ nāʾim
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَنُوم‎ 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	نِمْتُ‎ nimtu	نِمْتَ‎ nimta	نَامَ nāma		نِمْتُمَا‎ nimtumā	نَامَا‎ nāmā		نِمْنَا‎ nimnā	نِمْتُمْ‎ nimtum	نَامُوا‎ nāmū
	f		نِمْتِ‎ nimti	نَامَتْ‎ nāmat			نَامَتَا‎ nāmatā			نِمْتُنَّ‎ nimtunna	نِمْنَ‎ nimna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَنَامُ‎ ʾanāmu	تَنَامُ‎ tanāmu	يَنَامُ‎ yanāmu		تَنَامَانِ‎ tanāmāni	يَنَامَانِ‎ yanāmāni		نَنَامُ‎ nanāmu	تَنَامُونَ‎ tanāmūna	يَنَامُونَ‎ yanāmūna
	f		تَنَامِينَ‎ tanāmīna	تَنَامُ‎ tanāmu			تَنَامَانِ‎ tanāmāni			تَنَمْنَ‎ tanamna	يَنَمْنَ‎ yanamna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَنَامَ‎ ʾanāma	تَنَامَ‎ tanāma	يَنَامَ‎ yanāma		تَنَامَا‎ tanāmā	يَنَامَا‎ yanāmā		نَنَامَ‎ nanāma	تَنَامُوا‎ tanāmū	يَنَامُوا‎ yanāmū
	f		تَنَامِي‎ tanāmī	تَنَامَ‎ tanāma			تَنَامَا‎ tanāmā			تَنَمْنَ‎ tanamna	يَنَمْنَ‎ yanamna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَنَمْ‎ ʾanam	تَنَمْ‎ tanam	يَنَمْ‎ yanam		تَنَامَا‎ tanāmā	يَنَامَا‎ yanāmā		نَنَمْ‎ nanam	تَنَامُوا‎ tanāmū	يَنَامُوا‎ yanāmū
	f		تَنَامِي‎ tanāmī	تَنَمْ‎ tanam			تَنَامَا‎ tanāmā			تَنَمْنَ‎ tanamna	يَنَمْنَ‎ yanamna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		نَمْ‎ nam			نَامَا‎ nāmā				نَامُوا‎ nāmū
	f		نَامِي‎ nāmī							نَمْنَ‎ 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	—	—	نِيمَ‎ nīma		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُنَامُ‎ yunāmu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُنَامَ‎ yunāma		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُنَمْ‎ yunam		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Related terms

• نَوَام‎ (nawām)
• نَوْم‎ (nawm), نَوَّمَ‎ (nawwama)
• نَوْمِيّ‎ (nawmiyy, “related to sleep”)
• نَوْمَة‎ (nawma)
• نُؤُوم‎ (nuʾūm)
• نَامَ عَلَى حَرِير‎ (nāma ʿalā ḥarīr)

References

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

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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

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Egyptian Arabic

Verb

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

1. to sleep

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Malay

Noun

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

1. Jawi spelling of nama

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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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nɑːm/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /nɑːm/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /nɒːm/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /nɔm/

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Noun

Dari	نام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ном (nom)

نام • (nâm) (plural نام‌ها‎ (nâm-hấ))

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

• نامی‎ (nâmi)
• نامیدن‎ (nâmidan)
• بنام‎ (benâm)

See also

• اسم‎ (esm)

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن و م‎

Etymology

From Arabic نَامَ‎ (nāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːm/, [næːm]

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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)

Related terms

• نوم‎ (nōm)

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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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

نام • (nām) 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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.