# नाम
## Angika
### Etymology

From Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma).

### Noun

नाम (nām)
* name

## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* नाँव (nā̃v)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma), borrowed from some dialect or directly from Sanskrit. The native reflex is नाँव (nā̃v). Also influenced by Classical Persian نام (nām). Cognate of English name.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɑːm/, [nä̃ːm]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

नाम • (nām) m (Urdu spelling نام)
* name
    मेरा नाम विनोद है। ― merā nām vinod hai. ― My name is Vinod.
* name, fame, reputation
    उसका नाम सारे देश में फैल गया।uskā nām sāre deś mẽ phail gayā.His fame spread all over the country.
* (Hinduism) the divine name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नाम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* “नाम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “नाम”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “नाम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “नाम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नाम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नाम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नाम (nāma). Doublet of नांव (nāuva).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɑːm]

### Noun

नाम • (nām) (Latin script nam, Kannada script ನಾಮ್)
* name
* (grammar) noun
    Synonym: संज्ञा (sandnyā)

### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Kurukh
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ñām. Cognate to Tamil நாம் (nām), Malayalam നാം (nāṁ), and Kannada ನಾವು (nāvu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [naːm]

### Pronoun

नाम (nām)
* we (inclusive)

#### Related terms

* एम (em, “we (exclusive)”)

### References

* Hahn, Ferb (1903) “नाम”, in Kurukh Orao English dictionary‎, Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma). Doublet of नाव (nāv).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/

### Noun

नाम • (nām) n
* (grammar) noun
* (dated) name

#### Declension
### See also

* सर्वनाम (sarvanām, “pronoun”)
* विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ, “adjective”)
* क्रियापद (kriyāpad, “verb”)
* क्रियाविशेषण (kriyāviśeṣaṇ, “adverb”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नाम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नाम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “नाम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नाम”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma). Doublet of नाउँ (nāũ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [näm]
* Phonetic Devanagari: नाम्

### Noun

नाम • (nām)
* name
    Synonym: नाउँ (nāũ)
* fame, reputation
* (grammar) noun

### Further reading

* “नाम”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “नाम”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* nāma (Latin script)
* 𑀦𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* নাম (Bengali script)
* නාම (Sinhalese script)
* နာမ or ၼႃမ (Burmese script)
* นาม or นามะ (Thai script)
* ᨶᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ນາມ or ນາມະ (Lao script)
* នាម (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Noun

नाम n
* Devanagari script form of nāma (“name”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:नामम्हि पयुज्जमानेपि अप्पयुज्ज्मानेपि तुल्याधिकरणे पठमो पुरिसो होति।Nāmamhi payujjamānepi appayujjamānepi tulyādhikaraṇe paṭhamo puriso hoti.The third person is used when in agreement with a noun be it expressed or unexpressed.

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নাম (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
* নাম (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* နာမ (Burmese script)
* નામ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ನಾಮ (Kannada script)
* នាម (Khmer script)
* ນາມ (Lao script)
* നാമ (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
* ନାମ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
* නාම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
* நாம (Tamil script)
* నామ (Telugu script)
* นาม (Thai script)
* ནཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɑ́ː.mɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɑː.mɐ/

### Noun

नाम • (nā́ma) n
* nominative singular of नामन् (nā́man)
* vocative singular of नामन् (nā́man)
* accusative singular of नामन् (nā́man)
* Combining form of नामन् (nā́man)

## Yakkha
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

नाम (namʌ)
* sun