Նամէ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Found in two colophons from 1621 and 1702 from Aleppo.

From Arabic نَعْماء (naʕmāʔ, “grace, kindness; happiness; gift, present”).

Proper noun

Նամէ • (Namē)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Ահգուննամէ (Ahgunnamē) (probably)

Further reading

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1948) “Նամէ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 18