نام

From the root ن و م‎ (n-w-m).

• IPA^(key): /naː.ma/

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
8. to forget
9. to be reassured, to accept, to assent, to acquiesce
10. to trust, to have confidence in

• نَوَام‎ (nawām)
• نَوْم‎ (nawm), نَوَّمَ‎ (nawwama)
• نَوْمِيّ‎ (nawmiyy, “related to sleep”)
• نَوْمَة‎ (nawma)
• نُؤُوم‎ (nuʾūm)

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

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

نام • (nám)

1. name
2. reputation
3. designation

نام (plural نام-نام‎ or نام۲‎, informal first-person possessive نامکو‎, second-person possessive ناممو‎, third-person possessive نامڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of nama

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭠𐭬‎ (nʾm /nām/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 (nāma), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Kurdish nav, Pashto نوم‎ (nūm), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (nāman-)) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man- (compare Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Hindi नाम (nām)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (compare Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun), and English name).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nɑːm/
• (Dari): IPA^(key): /nɒːm/
• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /nɒːm/
  • (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /nuːm/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /nɔːm/

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نام • (nâm) (plural نام‌ها‎ (nâm-hấ))

1. name
2. reputation

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

• اسم‎ (esm)

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man- (compare Persian نام‎ (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (compare Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun), and English name).

نام • (nām) m (Hindi spelling नाम)

1. name