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nāma

nt voc sg of nāma (noun); masc voc sg of nāma (adj); nt voc sg of nāma (adj)

1. certainly; truly; for sure
2. called; means; by the name of; namely; lit. name
3. (gram) noun; substantive; lit. name
4. name
5. mental objects of consciousness; mentality; mental factors of feeling, perception, intention, contact and attention; lit. name
6. called; named; lit. name
7. normally; usually
8. (gram) nominal stem; lit. name

Etymology. From PIE *h₁nómn̥ (name). Cognates: Sanskrit nāman, Latin nōmen, Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), English name, German Name. The root sense is 'that by which something is known or called'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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