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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Verb

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

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Verb

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نَمْ (nam) (form I)

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

Etymology 3

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Verb

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نَمِّ (nammi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active 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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Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : نم

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

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Numeral

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نم (Rumi spelling nam)

  1. Alternative form of انم (enam)

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 [Book Pahlavi needed] (nm /⁠nam⁠/), whence also Armenian նամ (nam). Ultimately 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)

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ن م م
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic نَمَّ (namma).

Pronunciation

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

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