नम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to bend).

Pronunciation

Root

नम् • (nam)

  1. to bend, bow
  2. to bow to, subject or submit
  3. to yield or give way

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नम् (0 c, 10 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नम् (9 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • नम्यते (namyáte) (Passive)
  • नमयति (namáyati) (Causative)
  • नामयति (nāmáyati) (Causative)
  • अनीनमत् (ánīnamat) (Causative Aorist)
  • नाम्यते (nāmyáte) (Passive of Causative)
  • निनंसति (ninaṃsati) (Desiderative)
  • नन्नमीति (nánnamīti) (Intensive)
  • नन्नम्यते (nannamyate) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • नत (natá) (Past Participle)
  • नन्तुम् (nantum) (Infinitive)
  • नमितुम् (namitum) (Infinitive)
  • नमम् (námam) (Infinitive)
  • नमे (náme) (Infinitive)
  • नत्वा (natvā) (Gerund)
  • नत्य (nátya) (Gerund)
  • नम्य (namya) (Gerundive)
  • नमनीय (namanīya) (Gerundive)
  • नन्त्व (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)

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “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) “764”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, 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