nāma
nāma1
indeclinable
- by name, called.
- as a marker of emphasis
- to mark a word being defined or explained.
- to emphasize a preceding word; with interrogatives or other particles (often expressing astonishment or reproach):
nāma2
neuter
- a name, a personal name.
- (as associated with and contrasted with rūpa) the name, which differentiates an individual by verbal means; sometimes defined as what is non-material in a person, the mental components; or as the four (or three) non-material khandhas.