نجم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ن ج م (n-j-m)

Verb[edit]

نَجَمَ (najama) I, non-past يَنْجُمُ‎ (yanjumu)

  1. to appear
  2. to rise
  3. to break forth, to grow
  4. to come forward
  5. to pay punctually at appointed terms
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

نَجَّمَ (najjama) II, non-past يُنَجِّمُ‎ (yunajjimu)

  1. to observe the stars
  2. to predict the future from the stars, to practice astrology
  3. to pay in installments
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Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

نَجْم (najmm (plural نُجُوم (nujūm))

  1. installment, partial payment
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Noun[edit]

نَجْم (najmm (plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. (astronomy) celestial body, star, planet, luminary
    تُضْفِي ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱللَّامِعَةُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ جَمَالًا خَاصًّا عَلَى اللَّيْلِ.
    tuḍfī n-nujūmu l-lāmiʕatu fī s-samāʔi jamālan ḵāṣṣan ʕalā l-layli.
    The bright stars in the sky add a special beauty to the night.
  2. (astronomy) constellation, asterism
  3. lucky star
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Descendants[edit]
  • Egyptian Arabic: نجم (nigm)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجم (necm)
  • Persian: نجم (najm)

Noun[edit]

نَجْم (najmm (collective, singulative نَجْمَة f (najma), plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. stalkless plant, herb, grass
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Noun[edit]

نُجُم (nujumm pl

  1. plural of نَجْم (najm)

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Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun[edit]

نجم (nigmm (plural نجوم (nugūm))

  1. star
    Synonym: نجمة
    حساب النجومḥisāb in-nugūmhoroscope

Noun[edit]

نجم (nigm/nagmm (plural نجوم (nugūm), feminine نجمة (nigma))

  1. movie star, star performer

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic نَجْم (najm, star, celestial body).

Noun[edit]

نجم (necm) (plural نجوم (necum))

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: اختر (ahter), ستاره (sitāre), یلدز (yıldız)
  2. (astronomy) asterism, an unofficial constellation like the Orion's Belt

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun[edit]

نجم (najm)

  1. (astronomy) star

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Tunisian Arabic[edit]

Verb[edit]

نجّم (najjam)

  1. can, to be able to
  2. could