नम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နမ် (Burmese script)
- નમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಮ್ (Kannada script)
- នម៑ (Khmer script)
- ນມ຺ (Lao script)
- നമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- நம் (Tamil script)
- నమ్ (Telugu script)
- นมฺ (Thai script)
- ན་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐm/
Root
नम् • (nam)
- to bend, bow
- to bow to, subject or submit
- to yield or give way
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- नम॑ति (námati, present)
- नं॒स्यति॑ (naṃsyáti, future)
- न॒मि॒ष्यति॑ (namiṣyáti, future)
- अनं॑सीत् (ánaṃsīt, aorist)
- अना॑न् (ánān, aorist)
- ननाम (nanāma, perfect)
- नानाम (nānāma, perfect)
Secondary forms
- न॒म्यते॑ (namyáte, passive)
- न॒मय॑ति (namáyati, causative)
- ना॒मय॑ति (nāmáyati, causative)
- अनी॑नमत् (ánīnamat, causative aorist)
- ना॒म्यते॑ (nāmyáte, passive of causative)
- निनंसति (ninaṃsati, desiderative)
- नन्न॑मीति (nánnamīti, intensive)
- नन्नम्यते (nannamyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- न॒त (natá, past participle)
- नन्तुम् (nantum, infinitive)
- नमितुम् (namitum, infinitive)
- नम॑म् (námam, infinitive)
- नमे॑ (náme, infinitive)
- नत्वा (natvā, gerund)
- नत्य॑ (nátya, gerund)
- नम्य (namya, gerundive)
- नमनीय (namanīya, gerundive)
- नन्त्व॑ (nántva, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- अतिनम् (atinam)
- अपनम् (apanam)
- अभिनम् (abhinam)
- अवनम् (avanam)
- आनम् (ānam)
- उन्नम् (unnam)
- उपनम् (upanam)
- परिणम् (pariṇam)
- प्रणम् (praṇam)
- विनम् (vinam)
- संनम् (saṃnam)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम् (0 c, 10 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नम् (9 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 88
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “nam”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 14-15
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 764
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 383