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, Hračʻeay (1902) “նամուս”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi 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 žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Ġazaryan, 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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