nam

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of nam in English

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

Acehnese

Numeral

nam

Catacao

Noun

nam

moon

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

name, appellation, title

Declension

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑm
IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

Man, man

Finnish

Interjection

nam

Gothic

Romanization

nam

Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

for, since, because, seeing that

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-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

(colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

Lashi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nam/

Postposition

nam

near

References

Hkaw Luk, A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), 2017

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/, [nä̃ˑ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nɑm]

Conjunction

nam

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.
since
thus
because
actually

Derived terms

nempe
utinam
namque

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

dative of my

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-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

name

Noun

nam m

name
(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.

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

yum, or yum yum

References

“nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

yum, or yum yum

References

“nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nyishi

Noun

nam

house, home

References

P. T. Abraham, A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors, 2005

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

first/third-person preterite of niman

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nam/

Pronoun

nam

dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

Obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali নাম (nam).

Noun

nam

name

Sapé

Noun

nam

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)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Conjunction

nam

Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

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

Inflection

Etymology 3

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Inflection

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Article

nam

inflection of an (“the”):
1. genitive plural before f-
2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
(emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

Swedish

Verb

nam

past tense of nimma.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (nâm).

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

name
reputation

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”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

Alternative forms

nôm

Noun

nam

south

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

(collective) boys and men
Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

(of people) male
Synonym: trai

Antonym: nữ, gái

Prefix

nam

male; -o

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

hand

Declension

Derived terms

namakev