намыс

Kazakh
Cyrillic намыс (namys)
Arabic نامىس‎
Latin

Etymology

From Arabic نَامُوس‎ (nāmūs, “namus”), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Cognate with Tatar намус (namus), Bashkir намыҫ (namıθ), Uzbek nomus/номус (nomus), Uyghur نامۇس‎ (namus), etc.

Noun

намыс • (namys)

  1. honour
  2. conscience

Derived terms
  • намыскер (namysker), намыскерлік (namyskerlık)
  • намысқой (namysqoi), намысқойлық (namysqoilyq)
  • намысқор (namysqor), намысқорлық (namysqorlyq)
  • намыссыз (namyssyz), намыссыздық (namyssyzdyq)
  • намыстану (namystanu)
  • намысты (namysty), намыстылық (namystylyq)
  • намысшыл (namysşyl), намысшылдық (namysşyldyq)

Ossetian

Etymology

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

намыс • (namys)

  1. honor, glory

References
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press
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