As a Hindi name
नेम · noun · masculine
काल । समय · अवधि · खंड । टुकड़ा । ४प्राकार । दीवार — Śabdasāgara
नेम · noun · masculine
नियम । कायदा । बंधेज · बँधी हुई बात । ऐसी बात जो टलती न हो, बराबर होती हो · रीति । दस्तूर — Śabdasāgara
नेम · nem · s.m.
Rule, principle; religious observance; vow, &c. (i.q. niyam, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1169
नेम · nema · s.m.
(in H. also fem.), A foundation, &c. (i.q. neʼo, the pop. form, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1169
नेम · masculine
rule, custom, rite (especially religious)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नियम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀫 (ṇiama), from Sanskrit नियम (niyamá). Doublet of नियम (niyam).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ni-˚yama m. restraining, checking, holding back, preventing, controlling, Mn.; MBh. &c.
keeping down, lowering (as the voice), RPrāt.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nema mfn. (fr. na ima [?]; loc. nemasmin nom. pl. neme and ˚mās cf. Pāṇ. i, 1, 33) one, several
nema-nema, the one-the other, RV. (unaccented, vi, 16, 18);
(ibc.) half (cf. Nir. iii, 20)
nema m. N. of a Ṛṣi with the patr. Bhārgava (author of RV. viii, 89)
(only L.) portion
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