English Online Dictionary. What means nam? What does nam mean?
Catacao
Noun
nam
- moon
Crimean Tatar
Noun
nam
- name, appellation, title
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑm
- IPA(key): [nɑm]
Verb
nam
- singular past indicative of nemen
Anagrams
- Man, man
Finnish
Interjection
nam
- yum
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-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Numeral
nam
- (colloquial) six
Interlingua
Conjunction
nam
- for
Lashi
Postposition
nam
- near
References
- https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf
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/, [nãˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nam/
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
- nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:15
- thus
- because
- actually
Derived terms
- nempe
- utinam
- namque
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
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-Sunda-Sulawesi *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.
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
Ngarrindjeri
Pronoun
nam
- us
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 (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[2], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
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
Conjunction
nam
- if (subjunctive)
- 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
- in my
- Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
- 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
- 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
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
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian نام (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”).
Noun
nam
- south
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
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”).
See also
- dương
- đực
- trống
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nam/
Noun
nam (nominative plural nams)
- hand
Declension
Derived terms
- namakev