ناموس
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ناموس
- /naː.muːs/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܡܘܣܐ (nāmōsā). In pre-Islamic usage the meaning broadened from “divine law” to “law” in general, including human law, doctrine, virtue, and natural law. The sense referring to a person relates to Gabriel, the messenger who transmits divine revelation in the religions of law. This association later produced the interpretation “angel”, reflected in the nisba نَامُوسِيّ (nāmūsiyy, “angelic”).
Colloquially the word also became connected with the notion of concealment, leading to senses such as “cunning”. This idea likewise explains regional meanings such as a nematocerous insect, active at night and hidden by day, and associations with nocturnal animals such as the polecat نِمْس (nims). The term has also been applied to cromlechs, linked to the belief that such stone structures conceal hidden mysteries.
noun نَامُوس · nāmūs · نَوَامِيس · النَّامُوس
- namus, mos sive fas – one of the notoriously hard to define terms like morals or conscience
- confidant, who is trusted in keeping a thing هَذَا النَّامُوسُ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى مُوسَى
- 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 in English archaeological writing)
noun نَامُوس · nāmūs · نَامُوسَة · نَامُوسَات · النَّامُوس
adjective نَامُوس · nāmūs · النَّامُوس · نَامُوسَة · النَّامُوسَة
- cunning, astute
In English
- law body of rules established in a community by its authorities
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