nam

English Online Dictionary. What means nam‎? What does nam mean?

Catacao

Noun

nam

1. moon

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

1. name, appellation, title

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

• Man, man

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Finnish

Interjection

nam

1. yum

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Gothic

Romanization

nam

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

1. (colloquial) six

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Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

1. for

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Kashmiri

Noun

nam ? [Arabic needed], [Devanagari needed]

1. fingernail, toenail

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nã]

Conjunction

nam

1. for
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:15

     nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius

     For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life

2. thus
3. because
4. actually

Derived terms

• nempe
• utinam

References

• nam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

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Malay

Alternative forms

• enam
• ĕnam
• anam
• ănam
• انم‎
• نم‎

Etymology

Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/
• Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. Alternative form of enam

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Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

1. first-person and third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• name

Noun

nam m

1. name
2. (grammar) noun
   • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:

     Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch

     zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,

     vorsatz, înworf under irem dach

     gemunzet und geformet stân.

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Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

1. us

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Nyishi

Noun

nam

1. house, home

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[2], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

1. First-person preterite form of niman
2. Third-person preterite form of niman

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

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Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of não

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Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali নাম (nam).

Noun

nam

1. name

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Sapé

Noun

nam

1. water

References

• Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)

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Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

nam

1. if (subjunctive)

1. whether (subjunctive)

Usage notes

• Only used before words beginning with b, f, m or p, otherwise the form nan is used.
• Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
• The negative form is mura.

Preposition

nam

1. in my

   Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).

2. in their

Usage notes

• As in my, it lenites the following word.
• As in their, it is used before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

Article

nam

1. the

Usage notes

• This form is used in the genitive plural before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

See also

• an
• na
• nad
• nan
• nar
• nur

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام‎ (nâm).

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

1. name (reputation)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”).

Noun

nam

1. south

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

1. (collective) boys and men

   Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

1. (of people) male

   Synonym: trai

   Antonym: nữ

Prefix

nam

1. male; -o

Usage notes

• As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

See also

• dương
• đực
• trống

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (plural nams)

1. hand

Declension

Derived terms

• namakev