नेम

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀫 (ṇiama), form Sanskrit नियम (niyamá). Doublet of नियम (niyam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /neːm/, [nẽːm]

Noun

नेम • (nem) m (Urdu spelling نیم)

1. rule, custom, rite (especially religious)

Declension

Declension of नेम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नेम nem	नेम nem
oblique	नेम nem	नेमों nemõ
vocative	नेम nem	नेमो nemo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niyamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nema (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• নেম (Bengali script)
• නෙම (Sinhalese script)
• နေမ or ၼေမ (Burmese script)
• เนม or เนมะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ເນມ or ເນມະ (Lao script)
• នេម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄬𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

नेम

1. Devanagari script form of nema, present/imperative active first-person plural of नेति (neti, “to lead”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নেম (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬾᬫ (Balinese script)
• নেম (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰸𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• နေမ (Burmese script)
• નેમ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੇਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍇𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦺꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂵𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ನೇಮ (Kannada script)
• នេម (Khmer script)
• ເນມ (Lao script)
• നേമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡝᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘹𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠧᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧚𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐾𑐩 (Newa script)
• ନେମ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢾꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆼𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖸𑖦 (Siddham script)
• නෙම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩔𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚲𑚢 (Takri script)
• நேம (Tamil script)
• నేమ (Telugu script)
• เนม (Thai script)
• ནེ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒹𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨄𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma, “half”), Persian نیم (nim).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́j.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪eː.mɐ/

Adjective

नेम • (néma) stem

1. one, several
2. (in beginning of compounds) half

   Synonyms: अर्ध (ardhá), सामि (sāmí)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम (néma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेमः némaḥ	नेमौ / नेमा¹ némau / némā¹	नेमाः / नेमासः¹ némāḥ / némāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नेम néma	नेमौ / नेमा¹ némau / némā¹	नेमाः / नेमासः¹ némāḥ / némāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नेमम् némam	नेमौ / नेमा¹ némau / némā¹	नेमान् némān
Instrumental	नेमेन némena	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमैः / नेमेभिः¹ némaiḥ / némebhiḥ¹
Dative	नेमाय némāya	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमेभ्यः némebhyaḥ
Ablative	नेमात् némāt	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमेभ्यः némebhyaḥ
Genitive	नेमस्य némasya	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमानाम् némānām
Locative	नेमे néme	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमेषु némeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of नेमा (némā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेमा némā	नेमे néme	नेमाः némāḥ
Vocative	नेमे néme	नेमे néme	नेमाः némāḥ
Accusative	नेमाम् némām	नेमे néme	नेमाः némāḥ
Instrumental	नेमया / नेमा¹ némayā / némā¹	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमाभिः némābhiḥ
Dative	नेमायै némāyai	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमाभ्यः némābhyaḥ
Ablative	नेमायाः / नेमायै² némāyāḥ / némāyai²	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमाभ्यः némābhyaḥ
Genitive	नेमायाः / नेमायै² némāyāḥ / némāyai²	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमानाम् némānām
Locative	नेमायाम् némāyām	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमासु némāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of नेम (néma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेमम् némam	नेमे néme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ némāni / némā¹
Vocative	नेम néma	नेमे néme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ némāni / némā¹
Accusative	नेमम् némam	नेमे néme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ némāni / némā¹
Instrumental	नेमेन némena	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमैः / नेमेभिः¹ némaiḥ / némebhiḥ¹
Dative	नेमाय némāya	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमेभ्यः némebhyaḥ
Ablative	नेमात् némāt	नेमाभ्याम् némābhyām	नेमेभ्यः némebhyaḥ
Genitive	नेमस्य némasya	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमानाम् némānām
Locative	नेमे néme	नेमयोः némayoḥ	नेमेषु némeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• नेमचन्द्र (nemacandra, “half moon”)

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, m

1. portion
2. time
3. limit
4. boundary
5. the foundation of a wall (cf. नेमि (nemi)
6. a hole
7. upper part, above
8. deceit
9. acting, dancing
10. evening
11. a root
12. food, rice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम (nema)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेमः nemaḥ	नेमौ / नेमा¹ nemau / nemā¹	नेमाः / नेमासः¹ nemāḥ / nemāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नेम nema	नेमौ / नेमा¹ nemau / nemā¹	नेमाः / नेमासः¹ nemāḥ / nemāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नेमम् nemam	नेमौ / नेमा¹ nemau / nemā¹	नेमान् nemān
Instrumental	नेमेन nemena	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमैः / नेमेभिः¹ nemaiḥ / nemebhiḥ¹
Dative	नेमाय nemāya	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमेभ्यः nemebhyaḥ
Ablative	नेमात् nemāt	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमेभ्यः nemebhyaḥ
Genitive	नेमस्य nemasya	नेमयोः nemayoḥ	नेमानाम् nemānām
Locative	नेमे neme	नेमयोः nemayoḥ	नेमेषु nemeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, n

1. a particularly high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नेम (nema)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेमम् nemam	नेमे neme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ nemāni / nemā¹
Vocative	नेम nema	नेमे neme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ nemāni / nemā¹
Accusative	नेमम् nemam	नेमे neme	नेमानि / नेमा¹ nemāni / nemā¹
Instrumental	नेमेन nemena	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमैः / नेमेभिः¹ nemaiḥ / nemebhiḥ¹
Dative	नेमाय nemāya	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमेभ्यः nemebhyaḥ
Ablative	नेमात् nemāt	नेमाभ्याम् nemābhyām	नेमेभ्यः nemebhyaḥ
Genitive	नेमस्य nemasya	नेमयोः nemayoḥ	नेमानाम् nemānām
Locative	नेमे neme	नेमयोः nemayoḥ	नेमेषु nemeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नेम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University