نجم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ج م (n j m)
5 terms

Verb

نَجَمَ (najama) I (non-past يَنْجُمُ (yanjumu), verbal noun نُجُوم (nujūm))

  1. to appear
  2. to rise
  3. to break forth, to grow
  4. to come forward
  5. to pay punctually at appointed terms
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Etymology 2

Verb

نَجَّمَ (najjama) II (non-past يُنَجِّمُ (yunajjimu), verbal noun تَنْجِيم (tanjīm))

  1. to observe the stars
  2. to predict the future from the stars, to practice astrology
  3. to pay in installments
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Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

نَجْم (najmm (plural نُجُوم (nujūm))

  1. installment, partial payment
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Noun

نَجْم (najmm (plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. (astronomy) celestial body, star, planet, luminary
    تُضْفِي ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱللَّامِعَةُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ جَمَالًا خَاصًّا عَلَى اللَّيْلِ.
    tuḍfī n-nujūmu l-lāmiʕatu fī s-samāʔi jamālan ḵāṣṣan ʕalā l-layli.
    The bright stars in the sky add a special beauty to the night.
  2. (astronomy) constellation, asterism
  3. lucky star
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Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: نجم (nigm)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجم (necm)
  • Persian: نجم (najm)

Noun

نَجْم (najmm (collective, singulative نَجْمَة f (najma), plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. stalkless plant, herb, grass
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Etymology 4

Noun

نُجُم (nujumm pl

  1. plural of نَجْم (najm)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

نجم (nigmm (plural نجوم (nugūm))

  1. star
    Synonym: نجمة
    حساب النجومḥisāb in-nugūmhoroscope

Noun

نجم (nigm/nagmm (plural نجوم (nugūm), feminine نجمة (nigma))

  1. movie star, star performer

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجْم (najm, star, celestial body).

Noun

نجم (necm) (plural نجوم (necum))

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: اختر (ahter), ستاره (sitāre), یلدز (yıldız)
  2. (astronomy) asterism, an unofficial constellation like the Orion's Belt

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

نجم (najm)

  1. (astronomy) star
    Synonym: ستاره (setâre)

Tunisian Arabic

Verb

نجم (najjam) II (non-past ينجم (ynajjam))

  1. can, to be able to
  2. could

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نجم (najm), from Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَجْم (najmm (formal plural نُجُوم (nujūm), Hindi spelling नज्म)

  1. star, planet
  2. (astrology) fortune, fate
  3. horoscope
  4. (botany) any plant without a stalk or trunk, such as grass
  5. white pearl

Declension

    Declension of نجم
singular plural
direct نَجْم (najm) نَجْم (najm)
oblique نَجْم (najm) نَجْموں (najmõ)
vocative نَجْم (najm) نَجْمو (najmo)

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References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نجم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • نجم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نجم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC