nam

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

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam

1. six

nam

1. moon

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

nam

1. name, appellation, title

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

nam

1. singular past indicative of nemen

• Man, man

• nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
• ꨘꩌ

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

• IPA^(key): /nʌm/

nam

1. six

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

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

nam

1. yum

• “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

nam

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Borrowed from Latin nam.

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

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.

nam

1. (colloquial) six

nam

1. for

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam

1. near

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [näm]

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

• nempe
• utinam
• namque

• cur
• quia

• “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’s 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.

• IPA^(key): [nam]

nam

1. dative of my

• enam
• ĕnam
• anam
• ănam
• انم
• نم

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.

• IPA^(key): /nam/
• Rhymes: -nam, -am

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. Alternative form of enam

nam

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

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnam/

nam m

1. Alternative form of name

nam

1. six

• naam

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

nam

1. name

nam

1. house, home

nam

1. us

• nam-nam, nam nam

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• nam-nam, nam nam

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

nam

1. house, home

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

nam

1. first/third-person preterite of niman

nam

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

• IPA^(key): /nam/

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"

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnam/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: nam

nam

1. dative of my

nam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of não.

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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nam

1. name

nam

1. water

• 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)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nam

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

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

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. in my

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

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

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nam

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

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?

nam

1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

nam

1. past indicative of nimma

• man

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

nam

1. soft

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

nam (南)

1. south

nam

1. male

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.

nam (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.

• 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]‎^[5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

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

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

1. reputation
2. name

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

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

• Audio (Saigon):

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

• (South Central Vietnam) nôm

nam

1. south

• (compass points) ^{(Category: vi:Compass points)}

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

nam

1. (collective) boys and men

   Antonym: nữ

nam

1. (of people) male

   Synonym: trai

   Antonyms: nữ, gái

nam

1. male; -o

   nam thanh niên

   a young man

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

• dương
• đực
• trống

• man

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam (nominative plural nams)

1. hand

• namakev