नेम

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀫 (ṇiama), form Sanskrit नियम (niyamá). Doublet of नियम (niyam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /neːm/, [nẽːm]

Noun

नेम • (nem) m (Urdu spelling نیم)

1. rule, custom, rite (especially religious)

Declension

Declension of नेम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नेम nem	नेम nem
oblique	नेम nem	नेमों nemõ
vocative	नेम nem	नेमो nemo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नेम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niyamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nema (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• নেম (Bengali script)
• නෙම (Sinhalese script)
• နေမ or ၼေမ (Burmese script)
• เนม or เนมะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ເນມ or ເນມະ (Lao script)
• នេម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄬𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

नेम

1. Devanagari script form of nema, present/imperative active first-person plural of नेति (neti, “to lead”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নেম (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬾᬫ (Balinese script)
• নেম (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰸𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• နေမ (Burmese script)
• નેમ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੇਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍇𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦺꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂵𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ನೇಮ (Kannada script)
• នេម (Khmer script)
• ເນມ (Lao script)
• നേമ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡝᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘹𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠧᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧚𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐾𑐩 (Newa script)
• ନେମ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢾꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆼𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖸𑖦 (Siddham script)
• නෙම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩔𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚲𑚢 (Takri script)
• நேம (Tamil script)
• నేమ (Telugu script)
• เนม (Thai script)
• ནེ་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒹𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨄𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náymas (“half”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬨𐬀 (naēma, “half”), Persian نیم (nim).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́j.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪eː.mɐ/

Adjective

नेम • (néma) stem

1. one, several
2. (in beginning of compounds) half

   Synonyms: अर्ध (ardhá), सामि (sāmí)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नेमः (némaḥ)	नेमौ (némau) नेमा¹ (némā¹)	नेमाः (némāḥ) नेमासः¹ (némāsaḥ¹)
vocative	नेम (néma)	नेमौ (némau) नेमा¹ (némā¹)	नेमाः (némāḥ) नेमासः¹ (némāsaḥ¹)
accusative	नेमम् (némam)	नेमौ (némau) नेमा¹ (némā¹)	नेमान् (némān)
instrumental	नेमेन (némena)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमैः (némaiḥ) नेमेभिः¹ (némebhiḥ¹)
dative	नेमाय (némāya)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
ablative	नेमात् (némāt)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
genitive	नेमस्य (némasya)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative	नेमे (néme)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमेषु (némeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of नेमा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नेमा (némā)	नेमे (néme)	नेमाः (némāḥ)
vocative	नेमे (néme)	नेमे (néme)	नेमाः (némāḥ)
accusative	नेमाम् (némām)	नेमे (néme)	नेमाः (némāḥ)
instrumental	नेमया (némayā) नेमा¹ (némā¹)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमाभिः (némābhiḥ)
dative	नेमायै (némāyai)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमाभ्यः (némābhyaḥ)
ablative	नेमायाः (némāyāḥ) नेमायै² (némāyai²)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमाभ्यः (némābhyaḥ)
genitive	नेमायाः (némāyāḥ) नेमायै² (némāyai²)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative	नेमायाम् (némāyām)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमासु (némāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of नेम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नेमम् (némam)	नेमे (néme)	नेमानि (némāni) नेमा¹ (némā¹)
vocative	नेम (néma)	नेमे (néme)	नेमानि (némāni) नेमा¹ (némā¹)
accusative	नेमम् (némam)	नेमे (néme)	नेमानि (némāni) नेमा¹ (némā¹)
instrumental	नेमेन (némena)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमैः (némaiḥ) नेमेभिः¹ (némebhiḥ¹)
dative	नेमाय (némāya)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
ablative	नेमात् (némāt)	नेमाभ्याम् (némābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (némebhyaḥ)
genitive	नेमस्य (némasya)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमानाम् (némānām)
locative	नेमे (néme)	नेमयोः (némayoḥ)	नेमेषु (némeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• नेमचन्द्र (nemacandra, “half moon”)

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, m

1. portion
2. time
3. limit
4. boundary
5. the foundation of a wall (cf. नेमि (nemi)
6. a hole
7. upper part, above
8. deceit
9. acting, dancing
10. evening
11. a root
12. food, rice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नेम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नेमः (nemaḥ)	नेमौ (nemau) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)	नेमाः (nemāḥ) नेमासः¹ (nemāsaḥ¹)
vocative	नेम (nema)	नेमौ (nemau) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)	नेमाः (nemāḥ) नेमासः¹ (nemāsaḥ¹)
accusative	नेमम् (nemam)	नेमौ (nemau) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)	नेमान् (nemān)
instrumental	नेमेन (nemena)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमैः (nemaiḥ) नेमेभिः¹ (nemebhiḥ¹)
dative	नेमाय (nemāya)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
ablative	नेमात् (nemāt)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
genitive	नेमस्य (nemasya)	नेमयोः (nemayoḥ)	नेमानाम् (nemānām)
locative	नेमे (neme)	नेमयोः (nemayoḥ)	नेमेषु (nemeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

नेम • (nema) stem, n

1. a particularly high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नेम

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नेमम् (nemam)	नेमे (neme)	नेमानि (nemāni) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
vocative	नेम (nema)	नेमे (neme)	नेमानि (nemāni) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
accusative	नेमम् (nemam)	नेमे (neme)	नेमानि (nemāni) नेमा¹ (nemā¹)
instrumental	नेमेन (nemena)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमैः (nemaiḥ) नेमेभिः¹ (nemebhiḥ¹)
dative	नेमाय (nemāya)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
ablative	नेमात् (nemāt)	नेमाभ्याम् (nemābhyām)	नेमेभ्यः (nemebhyaḥ)
genitive	नेमस्य (nemasya)	नेमयोः (nemayoḥ)	नेमानाम् (nemānām)
locative	नेमे (neme)	नेमयोः (nemayoḥ)	नेमेषु (nemeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नेम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 569/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 56
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University