Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic نامىس
Cyrillic намыс
Latin namys
Yañalif namьs
 
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Etymology edit

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 edit

намыс (namys)

  1. honour
  2. conscience

Derived terms edit

Ossetian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

намыс (namys)

  1. honor, glory

References edit

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press