See also: يم, بم, تم, and ثم

Arabic

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Root
ن م م (n m m)
3 terms

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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نَمَّ (namma) I (non-past يَنُمُّ (yanummu), verbal noun نَمّ (namm))

  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 [with عَن (ʕan) or عَلَى (ʕalā)]
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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نَمْ (nam) (form I) /nam/

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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نَمِّ (nammi) (form II) /nam.mi/

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

Khowar

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Etymology

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

Noun

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نم (nam)

  1. name

Malay

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Numeral

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نم

  1. Jawi spelling of nam

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Persian نم (nam).

Noun

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نم (nem)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dampness

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: nem

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam), from Proto-Iranian *nábah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari نم
Iranian Persian
Tajik нам

نم (nam)

  1. moisture, humidity
    Synonyms: رطوبت (rotubat), نمناکی (namnâki)
  2. (obsolete) dew
    Synonyms: شبنم (šabnam), ژاله (žâle)
  3. (obsolete) teardrop
    Synonym: اشک (ašk)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎[2]:
      جانا چه گویم شرح فراقت
      چشمی و صد نم جانی و صد آه
      jānā či gūyam šarh-i firāqat
      čašmē u sad nam jānē u sad āh
      My love, how shall I explain my separation from you?
      One eye, and a hundred tears! One life, and a hundred sighs!
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Punjabi

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Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb

Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀁𑀩 (ṇiṃba), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nímba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نِمّ (nimmf (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿੰਮ)

  1. Azadirachta indica; neem or margosa tree

Declension

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Declension of نم
dir. sg. نِمّ (nimm)
dir. pl. نِمّ (nimm)
singular plural
direct نِمّ (nimm) نِمّ (nimm)
oblique نِمّ (nimm) نِمّاں (nimmāṉ)
vocative نِمّا (nimmā) نِمّو (nimmo)
ablative نِمّوں (nimmoṉ) نِمّاں (nimmāṉ)
locative نِمّے (nimme) نِمِّیں (nimmiīṉ)
instrumental نِمّوں (nimmoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਨਿੰਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nímba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 413

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ن م م
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Etymology

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From Arabic نَمَّ (namma).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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نمّ (namm) I (present بنمّ (binimm))

  1. to gossip

Conjugation

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    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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نم (nam).

Adjective

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نم (nam) (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moist
  2. damp
  3. wet

Noun

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نم (namf (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dew