Where does “نام” come from?
نام (Arabic) comes from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
نام (Arabic): to sleep; to go to bed; to go to sleep
Definitions
- to sleep; to go to bed; to go to sleep
Ancestry of “نام”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 2 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 3 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |