namus
See also: namûs
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editnamus (plural nawamis)
- (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
- A cromlech, a stone circle, a lithic burial structure in the Sinai connected to various superstitions.
Anagrams
editAzerbaijani
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), ultimately from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editnamus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)
Declension
editDeclension of namus | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | namus |
namuslar | ||||||
definite accusative | namusu |
namusları | ||||||
dative | namusa |
namuslara | ||||||
locative | namusda |
namuslarda | ||||||
ablative | namusdan |
namuslardan | ||||||
definite genitive | namusun |
namusların |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “namus” in Obastan.com.
Latin
editVerb
editnāmus
Latvian
editNoun
editnamus m
- accusative plural of nams
Lithuanian
editNoun
editnamus m pl
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish ناموس (namus), from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnamus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)
- honor
- chastity (the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, sexual intercourse.)
- code of honour
- 2021 January 14, Mehmet Raşit Er, Daron: Şiir yazıyorduk, roman oldu[1], Mehmet Raşit Er, →ISBN, page 97:
- Daron bu soru cevapları kendine kendi içinde sordu durdu ve en sonunda böylesi bir olay yaşanmışsa bile bunu namus meselesi yapmak dünyada görülmemiş bir olaydır. İnsana gülmezler mi? Basında “bir kadın tarafından tecavüze uğrayan bir erkek ?! ...
- Daron kept asking these questions and answers to himself, and even if such an event happened in the end, it is an unprecedented event in the world to take it as a code of honour. Isn't it ridiculous ? “If I appear in the media as a man who has been raped by a woman, ?!...
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “namus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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