နံ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nam • ALA-LC: naṃ • BGN/PCGN: nan • Okell: nañ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-nam (to smell); compare အနံ့ (a.nam., odor), and see Old Chinese (OC *mɯn, *mɯns, “to smell; to listen”) for more (STEDT).

Verb

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နံ (nam)

  1. to give off an offensive smell
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-nam¹ (side, rib), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-nam (rib). Cognate with Tangut [script needed] (now, rib) (STEDT); within Sinitic, Luce compares Old Chinese (OC *hlams, *hlab, “flank, ribs; to threaten”),[1] which doesn't particularly resemble the Tibeto-Burman in phonetics. Note, however, (OC *nuːmʔ, “belly flesh, sirloin”) (whether the "dip in condiments" sense is related is unclear), particularly as the "sirloin" sense is primarily dialectal (though it does occur in Standard Chinese).

Noun

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နံ (nam)

  1. flank
  2. rib
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Pali nāma (name; immaterial factors such as perception).

Noun

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နံ (nam)

  1. planet under which a child is born
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Etymology 4

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See the entry below.

Noun

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နံ (nam)

  1. (orthography) abbreviated form of အနက် (a.nak) derived by applying the mode of employing the superscripted dot -ံ in lieu of the de-vowelized ka (က် (k))
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (18. Side of body)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 42

Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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နံ

  1. Burmese script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular masculine/feminine/neuter of (na, that)

Pronoun

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နံ

  1. Burmese script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of (na, him, it, that)
  2. Burmese script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of နာ (, her, it, that)
  3. Burmese script form of naṃ, which is accusative singular of (na, it, that)