نوم

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See also: نؤم and ن و م

Arabic

Root
ن و م (n-w-m)

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /naw.wa.ma/
  • (file)

Verb

نَوَّمَ (nawwama) II, non-past يُنَوِّمُ‎ (yunawwimu)

  1. (transitive) to lull to sleep, to put to bed, to put to sleep, to make lie down
  2. (transitive) to drowse
  3. (transitive) to sedate, to tranquilize, to anesthetize
    Synonym: خَدَّرَ (ḵaddara, to benumb; to drug; to narcotize)
  4. (transitive, by extension) to stupefy, to deaden, to numb
Conjugation
نَوْم

Pronunciation 2

Noun

نَوْم (nawmm

  1. verbal noun of نَامَ (nāma) (form I)
  2. sleep
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “نوم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 740
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نوم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 355
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1187

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَوْم (nawm).

Noun

نوم (nūmm

  1. verbal noun of نام (nām)
  2. sleep

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن و م
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَوَّمَ (nawwama).

Pronunciation

Verb

نَوَّم (nawwam) II (non-past يِنَوِّم (yinawwim))

  1. (transitive) to lull to sleep, to put to bed, to put to sleep, to make lie down
  2. (transitive) to sedate, to tranquilize, to anesthetize
    Synonym: خَدَّر (ḵaddar)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of نوم (nawwam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نومت (nawwamt) نومت (nawwamt) نوم (nawwam) نومنا (nawwamna) نومتوا (nawwamtu) نوموا (nawwamu)
f نومتي (nawwamti) نومت (nawwamat)
non-past m أنوم (ʔanawwim) تنوم (tinawwim) ينوم (yinawwim) ننوم (ninawwim) تنوموا (tinawwimu) ينوموا (yinawwimu)
f تنومي (tinawwimi) تنوم (tinawwim)
imperative m نوم (nawwim) نوموا (nawwimu)
f نومي (nawwimi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَوْم (nawm).

Pronunciation

Noun

نوم (nōmm (collective, singulative نومة f (nōma), plural نومات (nōmāt))

  1. sleep
    Synonym: (rare) رُقاد (rugād)

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognate with Persian نام (nâm), Northern Kurdish nav, Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Urdu نام (nām), Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun) and English name.

Noun

نوم (numm (plural نومونه)

  1. name

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic نَوْم (nawm).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? nawm
Dari reading? nawm
Iranian reading? nowm
Tajik reading? navm

Noun

نوم (nowm)

  1. sleep
    Synonym: خواب (xâb)
  2. dream
    Synonyms: خواب (xâb), رؤیا (ro'yâ)
    • 1977, Faramarz Aslani (lyrics and music), “اگه یه روز [If One Day]”, in Ageh Ye Rooz:
      اگه یه روزی نوم تو تو گوش من صدا کنه دوباره باز غمت بیاد
      age ye ruzi nowm-e to tu guš-e man sedâ kone dobâre bâz ğam-et biyâd
      If dreams of you ring in my ear one day, I’ll be sad for you once again

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

نوم (num or nom)

  1. Dialectal form of نام (nâm, name)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن و م
7 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَوَّمَ (nawwama).

Pronunciation

Verb

نوّم (nawwam) II (present بنوّم (binawwem), active participle منوّم (mnawwem))

  1. to make someone sleep
  2. to hypnotise
Conjugation
    Conjugation of نوّم (nawwam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m نوّمت (nawwamt) نوّمت (nawwamt) نوّم (nawwam) نوّمنا (nawwamna) نوّمتو (nawwamtu) نوّمو (nawwamu)
f نوّمتي (nawwamti) نوّمت (nawwamat)
present m بنوّم (banawwem) بتنوّم (bitnawwem) بنوّم (binawwem) مننوّم (minnawwem) بتنوّمو (bitnawwmu) بنوّمو (binawwmu)
f بتنوّمي (bitnawwmi) بتنوّم (bitnawwem)
subjunctive m انوّم (anawwem) تنوّم (tnawwem) ينوّم (ynawwem) ننوّم (nnawwem) تنوّمو (tnawwmu) ينوّمو (ynawwmu)
f تنوّمي (tnawwmi) تنوّم (tnawwem)
imperative m نوّم (nawwem) نوّمو (nawwmu)
f نوّمي (nawwmi)
See also
  • نيّم (nayyam, to send to sleep, to put to bed)

Etymology 2

From Arabic نَوْم (nawm). Equivalent to the verbal noun of نام (nām, to sleep).

Pronunciation

Noun

نوم (nōmm

  1. sleep, sleeping
    غرفة النومḡurfet in-nōmbedroom
    (file)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto نوم (nūm).

Noun

نوم (nōm)

  1. name