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.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐs̪/
Pronoun
नस् • (nas)
- (enclitic) accusative plural of अहम् (ahám)
- Synonym: अस्मान् (asmā́n)
- (enclitic) dative plural of अहम् (ahám)
- Synonym: अस्मभ्यम् (asmábhyam)
- (enclitic) 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 *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“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 Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐs̪/
Noun
नस् • (nás) stem, f
- the nose, snout
- 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.
- suparṇastvānvavindatsūkarastvākhanan nasā.
- सुपर्णस्त्वान्वविन्दत्सूकरस्त्वाखनन् नसा ।
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)
- नस्य (násya)
- नस्वत् (nasvát)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nas-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nas- (“to approach, join”), from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home safely”); compare Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”), whence partially English nostalgia.
Root
नस् • (nas)
Derived terms
- अस्त (asta)
- नसते (nasate)
- नसिता (nasitā)
- नसीमहि (nasīmahi)
- नेसे (nese)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532, column 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
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nas”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 331-332
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “nas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.