नासा

See also: निस् and नस

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

नासा f

  1. Devanagari script form of nāsā (nose)

Declension

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Reinterpreted from the nom./acc. dual of नस् (nás, nose). Cognate with Latin nāsus (nose), Russian нос (nos), Old English nosu (whence English nose).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    नासा॑ • (nā́sā) stemf

    1. nose
    2. proboscis (compare गजनासा (gaja-nāsā))
    3. a piece of wood projecting like a nose over a door (= नासादारु (nā́sā-dāru))
    4. a plant of species Justicia gendarussa (syn. Gendarussa vulgaris)

    Declension

    Feminine ā-stem declension of नासा॑
    singular dual plural
    nominative नासा॑ (nā́sā) नासे॑ (nā́se) नासाः॑ (nā́sāḥ)
    accusative नासा॑म् (nā́sām) नासे॑ (nā́se) नासाः॑ (nā́sāḥ)
    instrumental नास॑या (nā́sayā)
    नासा॑¹ (nā́sā¹)
    नासा॑भ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासा॑भिः (nā́sābhiḥ)
    dative नासा॑यै (nā́sāyai) नासा॑भ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासा॑भ्यः (nā́sābhyaḥ)
    ablative नासा॑याः (nā́sāyāḥ)
    नासा॑यै² (nā́sāyai²)
    नासा॑भ्याम् (nā́sābhyām) नासा॑भ्यः (nā́sābhyaḥ)
    genitive नासा॑याः (nā́sāyāḥ)
    नासा॑यै² (nā́sāyai²)
    नास॑योः (nā́sayoḥ) नासा॑नाम् (nā́sānām)
    locative नासा॑याम् (nā́sāyām) नास॑योः (nā́sayoḥ) नासा॑सु (nā́sāsu)
    vocative नासे॑ (nā́se) नासे॑ (nā́se) नासाः॑ (nā́sāḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Brāhmaṇas

    Descendants

    • Pali: nāsā
    • Punjabi: ਨਾਸ (nās, nostril)
    • Kashmiri: نَس (nas), नस (nas)

    References

    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “nás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-31
    • Monier Williams (1899), “नासा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538, column 1.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nāsā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press