नासा

See also: निस् and नस

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nāsā (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• নাসা (Bengali script)
• නාසා (Sinhalese script)
• နာသာ or ၼႃသႃ (Burmese script)
• นาสา (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາສາ (Lao script)
• នាសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

नासा f

1. Devanagari script form of nāsā (“nose”)

Declension

Declension table of "नासा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	नासा (nāsā)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)
Accusative (second)	नासं (nāsaṃ)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)
Instrumental (third)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासाहि (nāsāhi) or नासाभि (nāsābhi)
Dative (fourth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासानं (nāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासाहि (nāsāhi) or नासाभि (nāsābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासानं (nāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	नासाय (nāsāya) or नासायं (nāsāyaṃ)	नासासु (nāsāsu)
Vocative (calling)	नासे (nāse)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাসা (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• নাসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• နာသာ (Burmese script)
• નાસા (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಸಾ (Kannada script)
• នាសា (Khmer script)
• ນາສາ (Lao script)
• നാസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ନାସା (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• නාසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• நாஸா (Tamil script)
• నాసా (Telugu script)
• นาสา (Thai script)
• ནཱ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑ́ː.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑː.s̪ɑː/

Noun

नासा • (nā́sā) stem, f

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

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

Related terms

• नस् (nás)
• नासिका (nā́sikā)

Descendants

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

References

• 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