намыс

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic نامىس
Cyrillic намыс
Latin namys
Yañalif namьs
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Etymology

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

Noun

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намыс (namys)

  1. honour
  2. conscience

Derived terms

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Ossetian

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Etymology

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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

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намыс (namys)

  1. honor, glory

References

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  • Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press