نام

From the root ن و م (n-w-m). Cognate with Hebrew נם (nam).

• IPA^(key): /naː.ma/

نَامَ • (nāma) I, non-past يَنَامُ‎ (yanāmu)

1. to sleep

   الطِّفْلُ نَامَ بِسُكُونٍ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ طَوِيلٍ.

   aṭ-ṭiflu nāma bisukūnin baʕda yawmin ṭawīlin.

   The child slept peacefully after a long day.

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))

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

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

نام • (nám)

1. name
2. reputation
3. designation

نام • (nām) I (non-past ينام (yinām))

1. to sleep

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

1. Jawi spelling of nama

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).[1]

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نام • (nâm) (plural نام‌ها (nâm-hâ))

1. name

   Synonym: اسم (esm)

2. reputation

• (name): In Iran, نام is more common in formal speech, while اسم (esm) is more common in informal speech. In Dari and Tajik, نام is more common at every level of formality.

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

• اسم (esm)

From Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

• IPA^(key): /naːm/, [næːm]

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نام • (nām) 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.

• نوم (nōm)

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.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑːm/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːm

نام • (nām) m (Hindi spelling नाम)

1. name

• اسم (ism)

• “نام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

From Persian نام (nâm).

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

نام • (nam) (plural ناملار (namlar))

1. name, title
2. fame, prestige, renown, reputation

• Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN