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

  1. to sleep; to go to bed; to go to sleep

Ancestry of “نام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
2PersianیاAPI •; or; either
3Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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