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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နမ် (Burmese script)
- નમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಮ್ (Kannada script)
- នម៑ (Khmer script)
- ນມ຺ (Lao script)
- നമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- நம் (Tamil script)
- నమ్ (Telugu script)
- นมฺ (Thai script)
- ན་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
Root
नम् • (nam)
- to bend, bow
- to bow to, subject or submit
- to yield or give way
Derived terms
See नमस् (námas)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 764, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383