𑀡𑀸𑀫

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नाम (nā́ma, “name”). The sense "bowing down" is from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnāma, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (whence the Sanskrit root नम् (nam, “to bow”)) and the sense "indeed" is via Ashokan Prakrit 𑀦𑀫 (nama).

Noun

𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) n (Devanagari णाम)

1. name
   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami line 145:

     𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀸 𑀡𑀸𑀫 𑀖𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀻 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲

     pupphamālā ṇāma ghariṇī tassa

     His wife is named Pupphamālā.

2. fame, renown, reputation
3. bowing down, greeting, salutation

Declension

Magadhi declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)
Accusative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)
Instrumental	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑀼𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmaśuṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmatto) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑁄 (ṇāmādo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼 (ṇāmādu)
Genitive	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀰 (ṇāmaśśa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳 (ṇāmāha)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀁 (ṇāmāhaṃ)
Locative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmamhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼 (ṇāmeśu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀰𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmeśuṃ)
Vocative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ)

Maharastri declension of 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)
Accusative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀁 (ṇāmaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)
Instrumental	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (ṇāmeṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmeṇaṃ)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmehi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ṇāmehiṃ)
Dative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀅 (ṇāmāa)	—
Ablative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀑 (ṇāmāo) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉 (ṇāmāu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ṇāmāhi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ṇāmāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ṇāmassa)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡 (ṇāmāṇa) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ṇāmāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ṇāmammi) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂 (ṇāme)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ṇāmesu) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ṇāmesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸 (ṇāmā)	𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀁 (ṇāmāiṃ) or 𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇 (ṇāmāi)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  • Awadhi: नाउँ (nāũ)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ނަން (nan̊)
  • Sinhalese: නම (nama)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Garhwali: नौं (na͠u)
  • Nepali: नाउँ (nāũ)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: নাম (nam)
  • Bengali: নাম (nam)
  • Bhojpuri: नाउँ (nāũ)
  • Odia: ନାମ (namô)
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠝ (nam)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Konkani: nāv

    Devanagari script: नाव

    Kannada script: ನಾವ್

    Latin script: nav

  • Old Marathi: nāva, nāṃva

    Modi script: 𑘡𑘰𑘪, 𑘡𑘰𑘽𑘪

    Devanagari script: नाव, नांव

    • Marathi: नाव (nāv)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: nā̃

    Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਂ

    Shahmukhi script: ناں

  • Sindhi:

    Devanagari script: नाउँ (nāũ)

• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Old Gujarati: नाम (nāma)
    • Gujarati: નામ (nām)
  • Hindustani: nām

    Hindi: नाम

    Urdu: نَام (nām)

  • Romani: nav, anav

Adverb

𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma) (Devanagari णाम)

1. indeed, certainly, really

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “णाम”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 287.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 122.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṇāma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406