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nama.

name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnama/Standard-Indonesian[ˈna.ma]Standard-Indonesian
  1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

  2. title, epithet

  3. fame

Where this word comes from

From Malay nama (“name”), from Classical Malay nama (“name”), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with English name and Dutch naam, but not Japanese 名前 (なまえ, namae, “name”), 名 (な, na), お名前 (おなまえ, o-namae, “name”). Doublet of nomina. * Displaced native Proto-Malayic *(ŋ)ayan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan (whence Sundanese and Javanese ngaran).

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