Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian *նամ (*nam) (attested in նամիմ (namim, to get damp)), from Middle Persian nm (moisture), whence Persian نم (nam, moisture).

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Adjective edit

նամ (nam) (superlative ամենանամ)

  1. (dialectal) damp, humid; moist

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 425