See also: निस् and नस

Pali

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Noun

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नासा f

  1. Devanagari script form of nāsā (nose)

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Reinterpreted from the nom./acc. dual of नस् (nás, nose). Cognate with Latin nāsus (nose), Russian нос (nos), Old English nosu (whence English nose).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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नासा (nā́sā) stemf

  1. nose
  2. proboscis (compare गजनासा (gaja-nāsā))
  3. a piece of wood projecting like a nose over a door (= नासादारु (nā́sā-dāru))
  4. a plant of species Justicia gendarussa (syn. Gendarussa vulgaris)

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of नासा
singular dual plural
nominative नासा (nā́sā) नासे (nā́se) नासाः (nā́sāḥ)
accusative नासाम् (nā́sām) नासे (nā́se) नासाः (nā́sāḥ)
instrumental नासया (nā́sayā)
नासा¹ (nā́sā¹)
नासाभ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासाभिः (nā́sābhiḥ)
dative नासायै (nā́sāyai) नासाभ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासाभ्यः (nā́sābhyaḥ)
ablative नासायाः (nā́sāyāḥ)
नासायै² (nā́sāyai²)
नासाभ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासाभ्यः (nā́sābhyaḥ)
genitive नासायाः (nā́sāyāḥ)
नासायै² (nā́sāyai²)
नासयोः (nā́sayoḥ) नासानाम् (nā́sānām)
locative नासायाम् (nā́sāyām) नासयोः (nā́sayoḥ) नासासु (nā́sāsu)
vocative नासे (nā́se) नासे (nā́se) नासाः (nā́sāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
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Descendants

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  • Pali: nāsā
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਸ (nās, nostril)
  • Kashmiri: نَس (nas), नस (nas)

References

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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “nás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-31
  • Monier Williams (1899) “नासा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāsā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press