Inherited from Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma, “name”). The sense "bowing down" is from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnāma, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (whence the Sanskrit root नम् (nam, “to bow”)) and the sense "indeed" is via Ashokan Prakrit 𑀦𑀫 (nama).
𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) n (Devanagari णाम)
| Magadhi declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) |
| Accusative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) |
| Instrumental | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmaśuṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu) |
| Genitive | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀰 (ṇāmaśśa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳 (ṇāmāha) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀁 (ṇāmāhaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmamhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼 (ṇāmeśu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmeśuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) |
| Maharastri declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi) |
| Accusative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi) |
| Instrumental | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀅 (ṇāmāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀑 (ṇāmāo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉 (ṇāmāu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ṇāmassa) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡 (ṇāmāṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ṇāmesu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) | 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi) |
𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) (Devanagari णाम)
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