ناموس

Arabic

noun
Definitions
  • mos (mos) sive (sive) fas (fas) – one of the notoriously hard to define terms like moral (moral)s or conscience (conscience)
  • confidant, who is trusted in keeping a thing
  • latibulum, where a hunter or hunting animal retreats to prey later
  • cromlech, a stone circle, a lithic burial structure in the Sinai connected to various superstitions (also known as namus (namus) in English archaeological writing)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ derived from Ancient Greek νόμος (law, custom, ordinance, melody).

Origin

Ancient Greek

νόμος

Gloss

law, custom, ordinance, melody

Concept
Semantic Field

Law

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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