नम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နမ် (Burmese script)
• નમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಮ್ (Kannada script)
• នម៑ (Khmer script)
• ນມ຺ (Lao script)
• നമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• நம் (Tamil script)
• నమ్ (Telugu script)
• นมฺ (Thai script)
• ན་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐm/

Root

नम् • (nam)

1. to bend, bow
2. to bow to, subject or submit
3. to yield or give way

Derived terms

See नमस् (námas)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 764, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383