# nam
## Acehnese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/

### Numeral

nam
* six

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Catacao
### Noun

nam
* moon

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

### Noun

nam
* name, appellation, title

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑm
* IPA: [nɑm]

### Verb

nam
* singular past indicative of nemen

### Anagrams

* Man, man

## Eastern Cham
### Alternative forms

* nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
* ꨘꩌ

### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nʌm/

### Numeral

nam
* six

## Finnish
### Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
* Rhymes: -ɑm
* Hyphenation: nam

### Interjection

nam
* yum

#### Derived terms

* nami
* namu

### Further reading

* “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## 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
* for

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈnam/, [ˈnä̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈnam/, [ˈnäm]

### Conjunction

nam
* for
** Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 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

#### Related terms

* cur
* quia

### 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nam]

### Pronoun

nam
* dative of my

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/
* Rhymes: -am

### Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)
* Short for enam.

## Middle Dutch
### Verb

nam
* first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

## Middle High German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈnam/

### Noun

nam m
* Alternative form of name

#### Declension
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈnam/

### Verb

nam
* first/third-person singular past indicative of nëmen

## Musi
### Numeral

nam
* six

## Naga Pidgin
### Alternative forms

* naam

### Etymology

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

### Noun

nam
* name

## Narua
### Noun

nam
* house, home

## 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, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑm/

### Verb

nam
* first/third-person preterite of niman

## Old High German
### Verb

nam
* first/third-person singular past indicative of nëman

## Old Norse
### Verb

nam
* first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

## Old Sundanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/

### Interjection

nam
* come on
* come along with me
    1580, Carita Parahyangan, section III:Carék Sang Mangukuhan, "Nam adiing kalih, urang ngaboro leumpang ka tegal."Said Sang Mangukuhan, "Come, my little brothers, let us go hunting in the fields"

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: nam

### Pronoun

nam
* dative of my

## Portuguese
### Adverb

nam (not comparable)
* Obsolete spelling of não.

## Rohingya
### Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### 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 corresponding lemma form.

#### 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

$^L$ Triggers lenition; $^H$ Triggers H-prothesis; $^N$ Triggers eclipsis; $^{1)}$ Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

### Etymology 3

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

#### Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)
* Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

##### Inflection

$^L$ Triggers lenition; $^H$ Triggers H-prothesis; $^N$ Triggers eclipsis; $^{1)}$ Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Article

nam
* inflection of an (“the”):
** genitive plural before f-
** genitive plural before b-, m-, p-

##### Declension

$^L$ Triggers lenition; $^H$ Triggers H-prothesis; $^T$ Triggers T-prothesis

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

### Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)
* to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
    Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!We can do better! We have no limits!(literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)
* (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
    Gdje nam je auto?Where is our car?

#### Declension
## Sumerian
### Romanization

nam
* Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

## Swedish
### Verb

nam
* past indicative of nimma

### Anagrams

* man

## Talysh
### Etymology

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

### Adjective

nam
* soft

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [naːm˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [naːm˦]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

nam (南)
* south

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

nam
* male

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

#### Noun

nam (楠)
* thorn, spine
    nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn
    點㓜百樅楠Tiểm au pác doòng namTake a hundred thorns from the point.

### References

* Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑm/

### Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)
* reputation
* name

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
nam
namlar
definite accusative
namı
namları
dative
nama
namlara
locative
namda
namlarda
ablative
namdan
namlardan
genitive
namın
namların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
namım
namlarım
2nd singular
namın
namların
3rd singular
namı
namları
1st plural
namımız
namlarımız
2nd plural
namınız
namlarınız
3rd plural
namları
namları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
namımı
namlarımı
2nd singular
namını
namlarını
3rd singular
namını
namlarını
1st plural
namımızı
namlarımızı
2nd plural
namınızı
namlarınızı
3rd plural
namlarını
namlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
namıma
namlarıma
2nd singular
namına
namlarına
3rd singular
namına
namlarına
1st plural
namımıza
namlarımıza
2nd plural
namınıza
namlarınıza
3rd plural
namlarına
namlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
namımda
namlarımda
2nd singular
namında
namlarında
3rd singular
namında
namlarında
1st plural
namımızda
namlarımızda
2nd plural
namınızda
namlarınızda
3rd plural
namlarında
namlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
namımdan
namlarımdan
2nd singular
namından
namlarından
3rd singular
namından
namlarından
1st plural
namımızdan
namlarımızdan
2nd plural
namınızdan
namlarınızdan
3rd plural
namlarından
namlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
namımın
namlarımın
2nd singular
namının
namlarının
3rd singular
namının
namlarının
1st plural
namımızın
namlarımızın
2nd plural
namınızın
namlarınızın
3rd plural
namlarının
namlarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
namım
namlarım
2nd singular
namsın
namlarsın
3rd singular
nam namdır
namlar namlardır
1st plural
namız
namlarız
2nd plural
namsınız
namlarsınız
3rd plural
namlar
namlardır :

#### Related terms

* nam-ı diğer (“also known as”)
* namlı (“famous”)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [naːm˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [naːm˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [naːm˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

#### Alternative forms

* (South Central Vietnam) nôm

#### Noun

nam
* south

##### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| tây bắc (西北) | bắc (北) | đông bắc (東北) |
| tây (西) | | đông (東) |
| tây nam (西南) | nam (南) | đông nam (東南) |

##### Derived terms

* Cộng hoà miền Nam Việt Nam
* đông nam (東南)
* Hà Nam (河南)
* Hồ Nam (湖南)
* kim chỉ nam
* Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam
* nam bán cầu (南半球)
* Nam Bộ (南部)
* nam châm (南針)
* Nam Đại Dương (南大洋)
* Nam Định (南定)
* Nam Hà (南河)
* Nam Mĩ (南美)
* Nam tiến (南進)
* Nam Tư (南斯)
* Nam Úc (南澳)
* Nam Xu-đăng
* Quảng Nam (廣南)
* Tây Nam Bộ (西南部)
* tây nam (西南)
* thuốc nam (南)

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

#### Noun

nam
* (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

#### Adjective

nam
* (of people) male
    Synonym: trai
    Antonyms: nữ, gái

#### Prefix

nam
* male; -o
    nam thanh niêna young man

##### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* nam chính (男正)
* nam giới (男界)
* nam nhân ngư (男人魚)
* nam nhi (男兒)
* nam nữ (男女)
* nam sinh (男生)
* nam thanh nữ tú (男女清秀)
* nam thực như hổ, nữ thực như miêu (男食如虎，女食如貓)
* nam tính (男性)
* nam tôn nữ ti (男尊女卑)
* nam trang (男裝)
* nam trầm (男沈)
* nam tử (男子)
* nam tước (男爵)
* nhất nam viết hữu, thập nữ viết vô (一男曰有，十女曰無)
* thứ nam (次男)
* trọng nam khinh nữ (重男輕女)
* trưởng nam (長男)

#### See also

* dương
* đực
* trống

### Anagrams

* man

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/

### Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)
* hand

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### Derived terms

* namakev

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nam/

### Noun

nam m (plural namau, not mutable)
* flaw, defect
    Synonyms: diffyg, ffaeledd, bai
* sin, moral failing
    Synonyms: cam, anaf, niwed

### Further reading

* Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies