नस्

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)
• ਨਸ੍ (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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐs̪/

Pronoun

नस् • (nas)

1. (poetic) accusative plural of अहम् (ahám)

   Synonym: अस्मान् (asmā́n)

2. (poetic) dative plural of अहम् (ahám)

   Synonym: अस्मभ्यम् (asmábhyam)

3. (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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́s/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

नस् • (nás) stem, f

1. the nose, snout
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • 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.

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Declension of नस्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-	नासा (nā́sā)	-
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	-	-	-
Instrumental	नसा (nasā́)	-	-
Dative	-	-	-
Ablative	-	-	-
Genitive	-	नसोः (nasóḥ)	-
Locative	नसि (nasí)	-	-

Derived terms

• नासा (nā́sā)

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)

1. to approach, resort to, join, copulate (esp. as husband and wife), unite
2. to be crooked or fraudulent

Derived terms

• नसते (nasate)
• नसिता (nasitā)
• नसीमहि (nasīmahi)
• नसीमहि (nasīmahi)
• नेसे (nese)

 

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-1