نم

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See also: يم, بم, تم, and ثم

Arabic

Root
ن م م (n-m-m)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

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 or
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

نَمْ (nam) (form I)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

نَمِّ (nammi) (form II)

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

Khowar

Etymology

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

Noun

نم (nam)

  1. name

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : نم

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

نم (Rumi spelling nam)

  1. Alternative form of انم (enam)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian نم (nam).

Noun

نم (nem)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dampness

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: nem

References

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Dari نم
Iranian Persian
Tajik нам

نم (nam)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dew

Derived terms

Descendants

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن م م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic نَمَّ (namma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /namm/,
  • (file)

Verb

نمّ (namm) I (present بنمّ (binimm))

  1. to gossip

Conjugation

    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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نم (nam).

Adjective

نم (nam) (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moist
  2. damp
  3. wet

Noun

نم (namf (Hindi spelling नम)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity
  3. dew