намыс

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	نامىس
Cyrillic	намыс
Latin	namys
Yañalif	namьs

Etymology

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

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

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