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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နသ် (Burmese script)
- નસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಸ್ (Kannada script)
- នស៑ (Khmer script)
- ນສ຺ (Lao script)
- നസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- நஸ் (Tamil script)
- నస్ (Telugu script)
- นสฺ (Thai script)
- ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nas (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *nos (“us”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬇 (nə̄), Latin nos.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
नस् • (nas)
- (poetic) accusative plural of अहम् (ahám)
- Synonym: अस्मान् (asmā́n)
- (poetic) dative plural of अहम् (ahám)
- Synonym: अस्मभ्यम् (asmábhyam)
- (poetic) genitive plural of अहम् (ahám)
- Synonym: अस्माकम् (asmā́kam)
Usage notes
In Vedic Sanskrit, the term is optionally rendered as णस् (ṇas) when it occurs after /r/ or /ṣ/.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nHás, from Proto-Indo-European *nh₂és (“nose”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m /nāham/), Latin nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis (“nose”), Prasuni nes, Tregami nās, Old English nosu (whence English nose).
Pronunciation
Noun
नस् • (nás) stem, f
- the nose, snout
c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE,
Atharvaveda 2.27.2:
- सुपर्णस्त्वान्वविन्दत्सूकरस्त्वाखनन् नसा ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्यरसान् कृण्वोषधे ॥- suparṇastvānvavindatsūkarastvākhanan nasā .
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahyarasān kṛṇvoṣadhe . - The strong-winged bird discovered thee, the boar unearthed thee with his snout.
Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
Declension
Declension of नस्
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नासा (nā́sā)
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नसा (nasā́)
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नसोः (nasóḥ)
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नसि (nasí)
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Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nás-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nás- (“to approach, join”), from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home”); compare Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”), whence partially English nostalgia.
Root
नस् • (nas)
- to approach, resort to, join, copulate (esp. as husband and wife), unite
- to be crooked or fraudulent
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-1