# نام
## Arabic
### Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew נָם (nɔm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naː.ma/

### Verb

نَامَ • (nāma) I (non-past يَنَامُ (yanāmu), verbal noun نَوْم (nawm) or مَنَام (manām))
* to sleep
    الطِّفْلُ نَامَ بِسُكُونٍ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ طَوِيلٍ.aṭ-ṭiflu nāma bi-sukūnin baʕda yawmin ṭawīlin.The child slept peacefully after a long day.
* to go to bed
* to go to sleep
    أنَامْ أَوْ أَقْرَءْ. ― I go to sleep or read.
* to abate, to subside, to let up, to calm down
* to be inactive, to be listless
* to be numb
* to neglect, to omit, to overlook [with عَنْ (ʕan) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
* to forget [with عَنْ (ʕan) ‘about something’]
* to accept, to assent to, to acquiesce in [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘something’]
* to trust, to have confidence in [with إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘someone/something’]

#### Conjugation
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

### Noun

نام • (nám)
* name
* reputation
* designation

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

نام • (nām) I (non-past ينام (yinām), verbal noun نوم (nōm))
* to sleep

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### References

* Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “نام”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 892

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naːm/

### Verb

نام • (nām) I (non-past ينام (yinām), active participle نايم (nāyim))
* to sleep
* to lie down [with على]

#### Related terms

* نوم (nōm)

## Malay
### Noun

نام (plural نام-نام or نام٢, informal 1st possessive نامکو, 2nd possessive ناممو, 3rd possessive نامڽ)
* Jawi spelling of nama‎

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* نوم (num) (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian ŠM (/⁠nām⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎶 (n-a-m /⁠nāma⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Northern Kurdish nav, Pashto نوم (nūm), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥- (nāman-)) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Hindi नाम (nām)/Urdu نام (nām)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”) (compare Greek όνομα (ónoma), Italian nome, Tocharian A ñom, Armenian անուն (anun), and English name).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [nɑːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [nɑːm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [nɑːm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [nɔːm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [nɒːm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [nɔm]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

نام • (nâm) (plural نام‌ها (nâm-hâ))
* name
    Synonym: اسم (esm)
* reputation

#### Usage notes

* (name): see usage notes under اسم.

#### Inflection

$^△$ Colloquial.
$^△$ Colloquial.
$^△$ Colloquial Dari.
$^△$ Colloquial.

#### Derived terms

* بدنام (bad-nâm, “infamous”)
* بنام (be-nâm, “renowned”)
* بهنام (beh-nâm, “of good repute; Behnam”)
* نامزد (nâm-zad, “candidate”)
* نامور (nâm-var, “renowned”)
* نامی (nâmi, “renowned”)
* نامیدن (nâmidan, “to name”)

### See also

* اسم (esm)

### References

* ↑ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 539

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naːm/, [næːm]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

نام • (nām) I (present بنام (binām), active participle نايم (nāyem))
* to sleep
    بنام شوي بعد الغدا. ― banām šway baʕd il-ḡada. ― I sleep a little bit after lunch.
* to lie down (+ على)
    نام عالكنبة وارتاح. ― nām ʕal-kanabe w-irtāḥ. ― Lie down on the couch and relax.

#### Related terms

* نوم (nōm)

## Torwali
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naːm/

### Noun

نام (nām)
* name

## Urdu
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (compare Persian نام (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Punjabi ناں (nāṉ) and English name.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /nɑːm/
* Audio (India):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːm

### Noun

نام • (nām) m (Hindi spelling नाम)
* name

#### Synonyms

* اسم (ism)

### References

* “نام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
* “نام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Uyghur
### Etymology

From Persian نام (nâm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑm/

### Noun

نام • (nam) (plural ناملار (namlar))
* name, title
* fame, prestige, renown, reputation

### Further reading

* Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN