ນາມ

Lao

Etymology

From Pali nāma, from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man). Compare Thai นาม (naam).

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˥]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [naːm˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ນາມ
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

ນາມ • (nām)

1. (first) name; designation
2. (grammar) noun

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

ນາມ n

1. Lao script form of nāma (“name”)
   • 2017 July 19, Vinodh Rajan, Ben Mitchell, Martin Jansche, Sascha Brawer, “Proposal to Encode Lao Characters for Pali (revised)”, in Unicode Document Register L2017/17106r‎^[1] (PDF), page 21:

     ໂກຘໍ ຊເຫ ວິປ຺ປຊເຫຍ຺ຍ ມານໍ
     ສຎ຺ໂຎຊນໍ ສພ຺ພມຕິກ຺ກເມຍ຺ຍ
     ຕໍ ນາມຣູປສ຺ມິມສຊ຺ຊມານໍ
     ອກິຎຈນໍ* ນານຸປຕນ຺ຕິ ສງ຺ຄາຕິ
     *Taken as typo for ອກິຎ຺ຈນໍ and treated as such below.

     kodhaṃ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṃ saññojanaṃ sabbamatikkameyya taṃ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṃ akiñcanaṃ nānupatanti saṅgāti

     If he has given anger up, if he has abandoned conceit, if he has overcome every fetter, attachments do not afflict him who clings to nothing immaterial or material and has nothing.

Declension

Declension table of "ນາມ" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ນາມໍ (nāmaṃ)	ນາມານິ (nāmāni)
Accusative (second)	ນາມໍ (nāmaṃ) or ນາມ (nāma)	ນາມານິ (nāmāni)
Instrumental (third)	ນາເມນ (nāmena)	ນາເມຫິ (nāmehi) or ນາເມຠິ (nāmebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ນາມສ຺ສ (nāmassa) or ນາມາຍ (nāmāya) or ນາມຕ຺ຖໍ (nāmatthaṃ)	ນາມານໍ (nāmānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ນາມສ຺ມາ (nāmasmā) or ນາມມ຺ຫາ (nāmamhā) or ນາມາ (nāmā)	ນາເມຫິ (nāmehi) or ນາເມຠິ (nāmebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ນາມສ຺ສ (nāmassa)	ນາມານໍ (nāmānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ນາມສ຺ມິໍ (nāmasmiṃ) or ນາມມ຺ຫິ (nāmamhi) or ນາເມ (nāme)	ນາເມສຸ (nāmesu)
Vocative (calling)	ນາມ (nāma)	ນາມານິ (nāmāni)