նամուս

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian նամուս (namus), from Ottoman Turkish ناموس (namus), from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).

Pronunciation

Noun

նամուս (namus) (dialectal)

  1. honour
    Synonym: պատիվ (pativ)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), նամուս”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), նամուս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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