nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Languages (44)

Translingual

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Acehnese • Achang • Catacao • Crimean Tatar • Danish • Dutch • Eastern Cham • Finnish • Gothic • Ido • Indonesian • Interlingua • Latin • Lower Sorbian • Malay • Middle Dutch • Middle High German • Musi • Naga Pidgin • Narua • Ngarrindjeri • Ngas • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Nyishi • Old English • Old High German • Old Norse • Old Sundanese • Polish • Portuguese • Rohingya • Sapé • Scottish Gaelic • Serbo-Croatian • Sumerian • Swedish • Talysh • Tày • Turkish • Vietnamese • Volapük • Welsh

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Ngan'gityemerri.

Symbol

nam

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ngan'gityemerri.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngan'gityemerri terms

Acehnese

Acehnese numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: nam     Ordinal: keunam

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *nam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Numeral

nam

1. six

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Achang

Etymology

Tropative transitive derivative from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mnam (“to have a smell”). See also the related nvm, which reflects the original intransitive verb.

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /nam˧/
• (Lianghe) [naŋ³¹]
• (Longchuan) [nam³¹]
• (Luxi) [nam⁵¹]
• (Xiandao) [nam³¹]

Verb

nam

1. to smell, sniff something (with one's nose)
   • 2010, “Psalm 115:6”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[1], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     No dap laus eq ma xauhgyo, nho dap laus eq ma yoh nam.

     [The idols have] ears stuck [to them] but do not hear; [the idols have] noses stuck [to them] but cannot smell.

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[2], Payap University, page 85

Catacao

Noun

nam

1. moon

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

Noun

nam

1. name, appellation, title

Declension

Declension of nam

	singular	plural
nominative	nam	namlar
genitive	namnıñ	namlarnıñ
dative	namğa	namlarğa
accusative	namnı	namlarnı
locative	namda	namlarda
ablative	namdan	namlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nam, from Old Norse nám.

Noun

nam n (singular definite namet, not used in plural form)

1. (archaic) the act of seizing, taking

Declension

Declension of nam

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	nam	namet
genitive	nams	namets

Derived terms

• landnam

Related terms

• nemme

References

• “nam” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

• Man, man

Eastern Cham

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

• nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
• ꨘꩌ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌm/

Numeral

nam

1. six

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -ɑm
• Syllabification^(key): nam
• Hyphenation^(key): nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum

Derived terms

• nami
• namu

Further reading

• “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Gothic

Romanization

nam

1. romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

1. for

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nām, a feminine accusative singular. There are multiple proposals for the root:

• Possibly from a distal deictic Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-os (“that”) (see *h₂en), which may also be the source of the particle an.
• Alternatively, from a distal deictic of the form Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”).
• Alternatively, from an inflected variant of a particle *ne (“like”).

Compare enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ), possibly -ne.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnam]

Conjunction

nam

1. for
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 2:15:

     Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius.

     For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life.

2. since
3. thus
4. because
5. actually

Derived terms

• nempe
• utinam
• namque

Related terms

• cur
• quia

Further reading

• “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nam", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “nam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/
• Rhymes: -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. short for enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnam/

Noun

nam m

1. alternative form of name

Declension

Declension of nam (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	nam	die	name
genitive	eines	dës	names	dër	name
dative	eime	dëm	name	dën	namen
accusative	einen	dën	nam	die	name

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnam/

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of nëmen

Musi

Musi cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : nam

Numeral

nam

1. six

Naga Pidgin

Alternative forms

• naam

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nam

1. name

Narua

Noun

nam

1. house, home

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

1. us

Ngas

Noun

nam

1. meat

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nyishi

Noun

nam

1. house, home

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005), A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[5], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Alternative forms

• nom, nōm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old High German

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of nëman

Old Norse

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

Old Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Interjection

nam

1. come on
2. come along with me
   • 1580, Carita Parahyangan, section III:

     Carék Sang Mangukuhan, "Nam adiing kalih, urang ngaboro leumpang ka tegal."

     Said Sang Mangukuhan, "Come, my little brothers, let us go hunting in the fields"

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnam/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: nam

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

1. obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Noun

nam

1. name

Sapé

Noun

nam

1. water

References

• Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

nam

1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. in my

   Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).

Inflection

Possessive declension of an

		singular	plural
first person		namL	narN
second person		nadL	nurN
third person	m	naL	nanN, namN 1)
	f	naH

^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis;
^N Triggers eclipsis; ¹⁾ Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Etymology 3

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Inflection

Possessive declension of an

		singular	plural
first person		namL	narN
second person		nadL	nurN
third person	m	naL	nanN, namN 1)
	f	naH

^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis;
^N Triggers eclipsis; ¹⁾ Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

nam

1. inflection of an (“the”):
   1. genitive plural before f-
   2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-

Declension

Variation of nam (definite article)

	masculine			feminine			plural
	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.
+ f-	am	anL		anL		na	na		nam
+ m-, p- or b-	am	a'L		a'L		na	na		nam
+ c- or g-	an	a'L		a'L		na	na		nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr-	an	anT		anT		na	na		nan
+ other consonant	an	an		an		na	na		nan
+ vowel	anT	an		an		naH	naH		nan

^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis; ^T Triggers T-prothesis

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

nam ? (Cyrillic spelling нам)

1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!

   We can do better! We have no limits!

   (literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)

2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Gdje nam je auto?

   Where is our car?

Declension

Declension of nam

	singular	plural
nominative	jȃ	mȋ
genitive	mȅne, me	nȃs
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma

Sumerian

Romanization

nam

1. romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

Verb

nam

1. past indicative of nimma

Anagrams

• man

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

Adjective

nam

1. soft

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [naːm˦]

Etymology 1

Noun

nam (Nôm form 南)

1. south

Etymology 2

Noun

nam

1. male

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

Noun

nam (Nôm form 楠)

1. thorn, spine

   nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn

   點㓜百樅楠

   Tiểm au pác doòng nam

   Take a hundred thorns from the point.

References

• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[8] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

1. reputation
2. name

Declension

Declension of nam

singular plural nominative nam namlar definite accusative namı namları dative nama namlara locative namda namlarda ablative namdan namlardan genitive namın namların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular namım namlarım 2nd singular namın namların 3rd singular namı namları 1st plural namımız namlarımız 2nd plural namınız namlarınız 3rd plural namları namları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular namımı namlarımı 2nd singular namını namlarını 3rd singular namını namlarını 1st plural namımızı namlarımızı 2nd plural namınızı namlarınızı 3rd plural namlarını namlarını dative singular plural 1st singular namıma namlarıma 2nd singular namına namlarına 3rd singular namına namlarına 1st plural namımıza namlarımıza 2nd plural namınıza namlarınıza 3rd plural namlarına namlarına locative singular plural 1st singular namımda namlarımda 2nd singular namında namlarında 3rd singular namında namlarında 1st plural namımızda namlarımızda 2nd plural namınızda namlarınızda 3rd plural namlarında namlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular namımdan namlarımdan 2nd singular namından namlarından 3rd singular namından namlarından 1st plural namımızdan namlarımızdan 2nd plural namınızdan namlarınızdan 3rd plural namlarından namlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular namımın namlarımın 2nd singular namının namlarının 3rd singular namının namlarının 1st plural namımızın namlarımızın 2nd plural namınızın namlarınızın 3rd plural namlarının namlarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular namım namlarım 2nd singular namsın namlarsın 3rd singular nam namdır namlar namlardır 1st plural namız namlarız 2nd plural namsınız namlarsınız 3rd plural namlar namlardır

Related terms

• nam-ı diğer (“also known as”)
• namlı (“famous”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

Alternative forms

• (South Central Vietnam) nôm

Noun

nam

1. south

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

tây bắc (西北)	bắc (北)	đông bắc (東北)
tây (西)		đông (東)
tây nam (西南)	nam (南)	đông nam (東南)

Derived terms

• Cộng hoà miền Nam Việt Nam
• đông nam
• Hà Nam
• Hồ Nam
• kim chỉ nam
• miền Nam
• nam bán cầu
• Nam Bộ
• nam châm
• Nam Đại Dương
• Nam Định
• Nam Hà
• Nam Kì
• Nam Mĩ
• Nam tiến
• Nam Tư
• Nam Úc
• Nam Xu-đăng
• Quảng Nam
• tây nam
• Tây Nam Bộ
• thuốc nam

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

1. (collective) boys and men

   Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

1. (of people) male

   Coordinate terms: nữ, gái

   Near-synonyms: trai, đực (of non-human and non-bird animals), trống (of birds and fish)

Prefix

nam

1. male; -o

   nam thanh niên ― a young man

Usage notes

• As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

Derived terms

• nam chính
• nam giới
• nam nhi
• nam nữ
• nam sinh
• nam thần
• nam tính
• nam trang
• nam trầm
• nam tử
• nam tước
• thứ nam
• trưởng nam

Anagrams

• man

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (genitive nama, plural nams)

1. hand

Declension

Declension of nam

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nam	nams
Genitive	nama	namas
Dative	name	names
Accusative	nami	namis
Predicative1	namu	namus
Vocative	o nam	o nams

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• namakev

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam m (plural namau, not mutable)

1. flaw, defect

   Synonyms: diffyg, ffaeledd, bai

2. sin, moral failing

   Synonyms: cam, anaf, niwed

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “defect”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[9], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “flaw”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[10], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “nam”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “nam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies