# نم
## Arabic

* Root
* ن م م (n m m)
* 3 terms

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam.ma/

#### Verb

نَمَّ • (namma) I (non-past يَنُمُّ (yanummu), verbal noun نَمّ (namm))
* to gossip, to chatter, to palaver, to speak ill of
    من نمّ لك نمّ عليك ― Whoever speaks ill to you of others, will speak ill of you (Imam al-Shafi'i)
* to slander, to defame, to spread calumnies
* to betray someone, to denounce someone, to inform against someone, to report someone (to another in authority)
* to be indicative of, to bespeak, to reveal, to show, to suggest [with عَن (ʕan) or عَلَى (ʕalā)]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

نَمْ • (nam) (form I) /nam/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of نَامَ (nāma)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

نَمِّ • (nammi) (form II) /nam.mi/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of نَمَّى (nammā)

## Khowar
### Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Compare Kalasha nom.

### Noun

نم (nam)
* name

## Malay
### Numeral

نم
* Jawi spelling of nam‎

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Persian نم (nam).

### Noun

نم • (nem)
* moisture
* humidity
* dampness

#### Derived terms

* نملی (nemli)

#### Related terms

* شبنم (şebnem)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: nem

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1287

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭬 (nam), from Proto-Iranian *nábah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nábʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nam]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [näm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [näm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [näm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [næm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [näm]

### Noun

| Dari | نم |
| Iranian Persian | نم |
| Tajik | нам |
نم • (nam)
* moisture, humidity
    Synonyms: رطوبت (rotubat), نمناکی (namnâki)
* (obsolete) dew
    Synonyms: شبنم (šabnam), ژاله (žâle)
* (obsolete) teardrop
    Synonym: اشک (ašk)
** c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:جانا چه گویم شرح فراقت چشمی و صد نم جانی و صد آهjānā či gūyam šarh-i firāqat čašmē u sad nam jānē u sad āhMy love, how shall I explain my separation from you? One eye, and a hundred tears! One life, and a hundred sighs!(Classical Persian transliteration)

#### Derived terms

* شبنم (šabnam)
* نمدار (namdâr)
* نمناک (namnâk)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: nəm
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: नम (nam)
    Urdu: نم (nam)
* → Kyrgyz: ным (nım)
* → Ottoman Turkish: نم (nem)
** Turkish: nem
* → Uyghur: نەم (nem)

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀁𑀩 (ṇiṃba), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nímba).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /nɪ̃mːᵊ/
* Audio (India):(file)

### Noun

نِمّ • (nimm) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿੰਮ)
* Azadirachta indica; neem or margosa tree

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* “ਨਿੰਮ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nímba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 413

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ن م م
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic نَمَّ (namma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /namm/, [nam]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Verb

نمّ • (namm) I (present بنمّ (binimm))
* to gossip

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of نمّ (namm) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | نمّيت (nammēt) | نمّيت (nammēt) | نمّ (namm) | نمّينا (nammēna) | نمّيتو (nammētu) | نمّو (nammu) |
| past | f | نمّيت (nammēt) | نمّيتي (nammēti) | نمّت (nammat) | نمّينا (nammēna) | نمّيتو (nammētu) | نمّو (nammu) |
| present | m | بنمّ (banimm) | بتنمّ (bitnimm) | بنمّ (binimm) | مننمّ (minnimm) | بتنمّو (bitnimmu) | بنمّو (binimmu) |
| present | f | بنمّ (banimm) | بتنمّي (bitnimmi) | بتنمّ (bitnimm) | مننمّ (minnimm) | بتنمّو (bitnimmu) | بنمّو (binimmu) |
| subjunctive | m | انمّ (animm) | تنمّ (tnimm) | ينمّ (ynimm) | ننمّ (nnimm) | تنمّو (tnimmu) | ينمّو (ynimmu) |
| subjunctive | f | انمّ (animm) | تنمّي (tnimmi) | تنمّ (tnimm) | ننمّ (nnimm) | تنمّو (tnimmu) | ينمّو (ynimmu) |
| imperative | m | | نمّ (nimm) | | | نمّو (nimmu) | |
| imperative | f | | نمّي (nimmi) | | | نمّو (nimmu) | |

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نم (nam).

### Adjective

نم • (nam) (Hindi spelling नम)
* moist
* damp
* wet

### Noun

نم • (nam) f (Hindi spelling नम)
* moisture
* humidity
* dew