nāma

Old Khmer

Alternative forms

• (Khmer script) នាម
• (Pallava script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali nāma.

Noun

nāma

1. name

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• ນາມ or ນາມະ (Lao script)
• នាម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नामन् (nāman). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma).

Noun

nāma n

1. name
2. immaterial factors such as consciousness and perception
3. (grammar) substantive, i.e. noun or adjective

Declension

Declension table of "nāma" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nāmaṃ	nāmāni
Accusative (second)	nāmaṃ or nāma	nāmāni
Instrumental (third)	nāmena	nāmehi or nāmebhi
Dative (fourth)	nāmassa or nāmāya or nāmatthaṃ	nāmānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nāmasmā or nāmamhā or nāmā	nāmehi or nāmebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nāmassa	nāmānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nāmasmiṃ or nāmamhi or nāme	nāmesu
Vocative (calling)	nāma	nāmāni

Derived terms

• guṇanāma (“adjective”)
• nāmanāma (“noun”)
• pi nāma (“really”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: နာမ (nama.)
  • → Burmese: နာမ် (nam)
• → Old Khmer: nām
  • → Khmer: នាម (niəm)
• → Lao: ນາມ (nām)
• → Thai: นาม (naam)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nāma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead