Arabic edit

Root
ن و م (n-w-m)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَنام (manāmm (plural مَنَاوِم (manāwim) or مَنَامَات (manāmāt))

  1. verbal noun of نَامَ (nāma) (form I)
  2. sleep
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:42:
      اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا
      al-lahu yatawaffā l-ʔanfusa ḥīna mawtihā wāllatī lam tamut fī manāmihā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. dream
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 37:102:
      يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ
      yā bunayya ʔinnī ʔarā fī l-manāmi ʔannī ʔaḏbaḥuka fānẓur māḏā tarā
      O my dear son! I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: consider, then, what would be thy view!
  4. place of sleeping

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  • Moroccan Arabic: منام (mnām)

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Etymology edit

From Arabic مَنام (manām).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

منام (mnāmm (plural منامات (mnāmāt))

  1. a dream
    Synonym: حلمة (ḥalma)