نجم

See also: نحم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ن ج م (n-j-m)

Verb

نَجَمَ • (najama) I, non-past يَنْجُمُ‎ (yanjumu)

  1. to appear
  2. to rise
  3. to break forth, to grow
  4. to come forward
  5. to pay punctually at appointed terms
Conjugation
References

Verb

نَجَّمَ • (najjama) II, non-past يُنَجِّمُ‎ (yunajjimu)

  1. to observe the stars
  2. to predict the future from the stars, to practice astrology
  3. to pay in installments
Conjugation

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (plural نُجُوم (nujūm))

  1. installment, partial payment
Declension

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. (astronomy) celestial body, star, planet, luminary
    تُضْفِي ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱللَّامِعَةُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ جَمَالًا خَاصًّا عَلَى اللَّيْلِ.
    tuḍfī n-nujūmu l-lāmiʕatu fī s-samāʔi jamālan ḵāṣṣan ʕalā l-layli.
    The bright stars in the sky add a special beauty to the night.
  2. (astronomy) constellation, asterism
  3. lucky star
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: نجم (nigm)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجم (necm)
  • Persian: نجم (najm)

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (collective, singulative نَجْمَة f (najma), plural نُجُوم (nujūm) or أَنْجُم (ʔanjum) or نُجُم (nujum) or أَنْجَام (ʔanjām))

  1. stalkless plant, herb, grass
Declension
References

Noun

نُجُم • (nujum) m pl

  1. plural of نَجْم (najm)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

نجم • (nigm) m (plural نجوم (nugūm))

  1. star
    Synonym: نجمة
    حساب النجومḥisāb in-nugūmhoroscope

Noun

نجم • (nigm/nagm) m (plural نجوم (nugūm), feminine نجمة (nigma))

  1. movie star, star performer

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجْم (najm, star, celestial body).

Noun

نجم • (necm) (plural نجوم (necum))

  1. (astronomy) star, a luminous celestial body made up of plasma
    Synonyms: اختر (ahter), ستاره (sitāre), یلدز (yıldız)
  2. (astronomy) asterism, an unofficial constellation like the Orion's Belt

Derived terms

  • نجم ثاقب (necm-i sābit, bright star; Saturn)
  • نجمی (necmî, starry)

Descendants

  • Turkish: necm

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Noun

نجم • (najm)

  1. (astronomy) star

Synonyms

Tunisian Arabic

Verb

نجّم (najjam)

  1. can, to be able to
  2. could

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نجم (najm), from Arabic نَجْم (najm).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَجْم • (najm) m (formal plural نُجُوم (nujūm), Hindi spelling नज्म)

  1. star, planet
  2. (astrology) fortune, fate
  3. horoscope
  4. (botany) any plant without a stalk or trunk, such as grass
  5. white pearl

Declension

    Declension of نجم
    singular plural
    direct نَجْم (najm) نَجْم (najm)
    oblique نَجْم (najm) نَجْموں (najmō̃)
    vocative نَجْم (najm) نَجْمو (najmō)

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References

    • Platts, John T. (1884) “نجم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • نجم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “نجم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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