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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نم (nam).
Pronunciation
Adjective
नम • (nam) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نم)
- moist, damp, wet
- Synonyms: गीला (gīlā), आर्द्र (ārdra)
- आँखें नम होना ― ā̃khẽ nam honā ― of eyes, to become wet
Further reading
Pali
Alternative scripts
- nama (Latin script)
- 𑀦𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- নম (Bengali script)
- නම (Sinhalese script)
- နမ or ၼမ (Burmese script)
- นม or นะมะ (Thai script)
- ᨶᨾ (Tai Tham script)
- ນມ or ນະມະ (Lao script)
- នម (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄟 (Chakma script)
Verb
नम
- Devanagari script form of nama, which is second-person singular imperative active of नमति (namati, “to bend”)