Noam

See also: Nóam

English

Etymology

From Hebrew נועם (“pleasantness; a male name”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊəm/
• Homophone: no'm

Proper noun

Noam

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1981, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities, page 86:

     According to Noam Chomsky, linguistic theory should concern itself primarily with the investigation of a speaker's competence.

   • 2022 January 19, Yair Rosenberg, “Why So Many People Still Don’t Understand Anti-Semitism”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 January 2022:

     We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.

Related terms

• Naomi

Anagrams

• Mona, mona, Mano, Oman, NOMA, Amon, noma, Onam, maon, MONA, mano, moan

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Noame, Nome

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle High German name, from Old High German namo. Compare German Name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔːəm]

Noun

Noam m (plural Noames)

1. (High Prussian) name
   • 1970s, Sister Cäcilia, Glöckliche Lait:

     Ön Gottes Noam geht denn da Voatache raus,
     ön Gottes Noam schäffat de Muttche öm Haus,

     In God's name goes then the Father out,
     in God's name works the Mother in the House.

   • before 1945, Arthur Hintz, Ermländische Ortsnamen:

     Kinga, Kinga, komt hie heere!
     Öch, öch waa aich Noames lehre

     Children, Children come here!
     I, I want to teach you Names (of the Places of Warmia)

References

• Zėbrowska, E. Relikte eines mitteldeutschen Dialekts im Ermland (Warmia). Z. Literaturwiss. Linguistik 29, 159–168 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03379174