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Kazakh
Etymology
From Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs, “namus”), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Cognate with Tatar намус (namus), Bashkir намыҫ (namıś), Uzbek nomus/номус (nomus), Uyghur نامۇس (namus), etc.
Noun
намыс • (namys)
- honour
- conscience
Derived terms
Ossetian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ناموس (namus), from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs, “namus”), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Cognate with Tatar намус (namus), Mingrelian ლამუსი (lamusi), Georgian ნამუსი (namusi), Armenian նամուս (namus), Abkhaz анамыс (anaməs), etc.
Noun
намыс • (namys)
- honor, glory
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press