You can make 7 words from nam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of nam
nam anm nma mna amn man
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word nam. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in nam.
Definitions and meaning of nam
nam
Acehnese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Chamic*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian*ənəm.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nam/
Numeral
nam
six
Catacao
Noun
nam
moon
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Persianنام(nâm)
Noun
nam
name, appellation, title
Declension
References
Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
“nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɑm
IPA(key): [nɑm]
Verb
nam
singular past indicative of nemen
Anagrams
Man, man
Eastern Cham
Alternative forms
nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
ꨘꩌ
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian*ənəm.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nʌm/
Numeral
nam
six
Finnish
Etymology
Perhaps onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
Rhymes: -ɑm
Syllabification(key): nam
Interjection
nam
yum
Derived terms
Further reading
“nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Gothic
Romanization
nam
Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinnam.
Conjunction
nam
for, since, because, seeing that
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malaynam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian*ənəm.
Numeral
nam
(colloquial)six
Interlingua
Conjunction
nam
for
Lashi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nam/
Postposition
nam
near
References
Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European*h₁enos(“that”), the same source of enim, nē(“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greekνή(nḗ).
“nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [nam]
Pronoun
nam
dative of my
Malay
Alternative forms
enam
ĕnam
anam
ănam
انم
نم
Etymology
Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian*ənəm.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nam/
Rhymes: -nam, -am
Numeral
nam (Jawi spellingنم)
Alternative form of enam
Middle Dutch
Verb
nam
first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen
Middle High German
Alternative forms
name
Noun
namm
name
(grammar) noun
14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
Musi
Numeral
nam
six
Naga Pidgin
Alternative forms
naam
Etymology
Inherited from Assameseনাম(nam), from Sanskritनामन्(nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥(“name”).
Noun
nam
name
Narua
Noun
nam
house, home
Ngarrindjeri
Pronoun
nam
us
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nam-nam, nam nam
Interjection
nam
yum, or yum yum
References
“nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
nam-nam, nam nam
Interjection
nam
yum, or yum yum
References
“nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Nyishi
Noun
nam
house, home
References
P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nɑm/
Verb
nam
first/third-person preterite of niman
Old Norse
Verb
nam
first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*namъ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nam/
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: nam
Pronoun
nam
dative of my
Portuguese
Adverb
nam (not comparable)
Obsolete spelling of não
Rohingya
Etymology
Cognate with Bengaliনাম(nam).
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Pronunciation
Noun
nam
name
Sapé
Noun
nam
water
References
Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Conjunction
nam
Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.
Etymology 2
Univerbation of an(“in”) + mo(“my”).
Preposition
nam (+ dative)
in my
Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
Inflection
Etymology 3
Univerbation of an(“in”) + am(“their”).
Preposition
nam (+ dative)
Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.
Inflection
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Article
nam
inflection of an(“the”):
genitive plural before f-
genitive plural before b-, m-, p-
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic*namъ.
Pronoun
nam (Cyrillic spellingнам)
to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ(“I”))
(emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ(“I”))
Declension
Sumerian
Romanization
nam
Romanization of 𒉆(nam)
Swedish
Verb
nam
past indicative of nimma
Anagrams
man
Talysh
Etymology
Cognate with Persianنرم(narm).
Adjective
nam
soft
Tày
Pronunciation
(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [naːm˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [naːm˦]
Etymology 1
Noun
nam (南)
south
Etymology 2
Noun
nam
male
Etymology 3
From Proto-Tai*ʰnaːmᴬ(“thorn”). Cognate with Thaiหนาม(nǎam), Northern Thaiᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Laoໜາມ(nām), Lüᦐᦱᧄ(ṅaam), Shanၼၢမ်(nǎam), Tai Damꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüaᥘᥣᥛᥴ(láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ(náam), Zhuangnam, Nong Zhuangnam.
Noun
nam (楠)
thorn, spine
nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn
References
Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishنام(nam), from Persianنام(nâm). Compare Sanskritनामन्(nāman), Latinnomen, Frenchnom , Englishname, GermanName, Armenianանուն(anun).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nɑm/
Noun
nam (definite accusativenamı, pluralnamlar)
reputation
name
Declension
Related terms
nam-ı diğer(“also known as”)
namlı(“famous”)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 南(“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm(“south(east) wind”)).
Alternative forms
(South Central Vietnam)nôm
Noun
nam
south
Coordinate terms
(compass points) (Category: vi:Compass points)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.
Noun
nam
(collective) boys and men
Antonym:nữ
Adjective
nam
(of people) male
Synonym:trai
Antonyms:nữ, gái
Prefix
nam
male; -o
Usage notes
As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ(“female”).
Derived terms
See also
dương
đực
trống
Anagrams
man
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinmanus(“hand”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nam/
Noun
nam (nominative pluralnams)
hand
Declension
Derived terms
namakev
Waigali
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani*nā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hnā́ma.