See also: يم, بم, تم, and ثم

Arabic edit

Root
ن م م (n-m-m)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

نَمَّ (namma) I, non-past يَنُمُّ‎ (yanummu)

  1. to gossip, to chatter, to palaver, to speak ill of
    من نمّ لك نمّ عليكWhoever speaks ill to you of others, will speak ill of you (Imam al-Shafi'i)
  2. to slander, to defame, to spread calumnies
  3. to betray someone, to denounce someone, to inform against someone, to report someone (to another in authority)
  4. to be indicative of, to bespeak, to reveal, to show, to suggest [+ عَن (object)] or [+ عَلَى (object)]
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

نَمْ (nam) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of نَامَ (nāma)

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

نَمِّ (nammi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of نَمَّى (nammā)

Khowar edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (name). Compare Kalasha nom.

Noun edit

نم (nam)

  1. name

Malay edit

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : نم

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Shortened form of انم, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

نم (Rumi spelling nam)

  1. Alternative form of انم (enam)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian نم (nam).

Noun edit

نم (nem)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dampness

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: nem

References edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nm /⁠nam⁠/), whence also Armenian նամ (nam). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nam
Dari reading? nam
Iranian reading? nam
Tajik reading? nam

Noun edit

Dari نم
Iranian Persian
Tajik нам

نم (nam)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dew

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: nəm
  • Hindustani:
  • Kyrgyz: ным (nım)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نم (nem)
  • Uyghur: نەم (nem)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ن م م
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَمَّ (namma).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /namm/, [nam]
  • (file)

Verb edit

نمّ (namm) I (present بنمّ (binimm))

  1. to gossip

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of نمّ (namm)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نمّيت (nammēt) نمّيت (nammēt) نمّ (namm) نمّينا (nammēna) نمّيتو (nammētu) نمّو (nammu)
f نمّيتي (nammēti) نمّت (nammat)
present m بنمّ (banimm) بتنمّ (bitnimm) بنمّ (binimm) مننمّ (minnimm) بتنمّو (bitnimmu) بنمّو (binimmu)
f بتنمّي (bitnimmi) بتنمّ (bitnimm)
subjunctive m انمّ (animm) تنمّ (tnimm) ينمّ (ynimm) ننمّ (nnimm) تنمّو (tnimmu) ينمّو (ynimmu)
f تنمّي (tnimmi) تنمّ (tnimm)
imperative m نمّ (nimm) نمّو (nimmu)
f نمّي (nimmi)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نم (nam).

Adjective edit

نم (nam) (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moist
  2. damp
  3. wet

Noun edit

نم (namf (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dew