نجم

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ن ج م (n j m)
5 terms

Verb

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نَجَمَ (najama) I (non-past يَنْجُمُ (yanjumu), verbal noun نُجُوم (nujūm))

  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

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Verb

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نَجَّمَ (najjama) II (non-past يُنَجِّمُ (yunajjimu), verbal noun تَنْجِيم (tanjīm))

  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

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Noun

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نَجْم (najmm (plural نُجُوم (nujūm))

  1. installment, partial payment
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Noun

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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
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  • Egyptian Arabic: نجم (nigm)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجم (necm)
  • Persian: نجم (najm)

Noun

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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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Etymology 4

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Noun

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نُجُم (nujumm pl

  1. plural of نَجْم (najm)
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Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

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نجم (nigmm (plural نجوم (nugūm))

  1. star
    Synonym: نجمة
    حساب النجومḥisāb in-nugūmhoroscope

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

  1. movie star, star performer

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

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نجم (najm)

  1. (astronomy) star
    Synonym: ستاره (setâre)
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Tunisian Arabic

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Verb

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نجم (najjam) II (non-past ينجم (ynajjam))

  1. can, to be able to
  2. could

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نجم (najm), from Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَجْم (najmm (formal plural نُجُوم (nujūm), Hindi spelling नज्म)

  1. star, planet
  2. (astrology) fortune, fate
  3. horoscope
  4. (botany) any plant without a stalk or trunk, such as grass
  5. white pearl

Declension

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    Declension of نجم
singular plural
direct نَجْم (najm) نَجْم (najm)
oblique نَجْم (najm) نَجْموں (najmõ)
vocative نَجْم (najm) نَجْمو (najmo)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نجم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • نجم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نجم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC