नेम

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀫 (ṇiama), form Sanskrit नियम (niyamá). Doublet of नियम (niyam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /neːm/,

Noun

नेम • (nem) m (Urdu spelling نیم)

1. rule, custom, rite (especially religious)

Declension

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niyamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

नेम

1. Devanagari script form of nema, present/imperative active first-person plural of नेति (neti, “to lead”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma, “half”), Persian نیم (nim).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́j.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪eː.mɐ/

Adjective

नेम • (néma) stem

1. one, several
2. (in beginning of compounds) half

   Synonyms: अर्ध (ardhá), सामि (sāmí)

Declension

Derived terms

• नेमचन्द्र (nemacandra, “half moon”)

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, m

1. portion
2. time
3. limit
4. boundary
5. the foundation of a wall (cf. नेमि (nemi)
6. a hole
7. upper part, above
8. deceit
9. acting, dancing
10. evening
11. a root
12. food, rice

Declension

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, n

1. a particularly high number

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नेम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University