# ναός
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* νεώς (neṓs) — Attic
* νηός (nēós) — Ionic
* ναῦος (naûos) — Aeolic
* νᾱϝός (nāwós) — Laconian

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *nahwós, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself”) and related to ναίω (naíō, “to dwell”), νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”). However, the existence of rare variants ναιός (naiós) and νειός (neiós) suggest a possible Pre-Greek origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naː.ós/ → /naˈos/ → /naˈos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /naː.ós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /naˈos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /naˈos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /naˈos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /naˈos/

### Noun

νᾱός • (nāós) m (genitive νᾱοῦ); second declension (Doric, Tragic, Koine)
* a temple
* innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, the part of the temple considered most pure and holy
** 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 3:16:οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν;ouk oídate hóti naòs theoû este kaì tò pneûma toû theoû oikeî en humîn?1887 translation by Edwin PalmerKnow ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

#### Derived terms

* ναοφύλαξ (naophúlax)
* ναΐσκος (naḯskos)
* ναἶσχος (naîskhos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: ναός (naós)
* → Aramaic:
** Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡮𐡥𐡯𐡠 (nwsʾ)
** Classical Syriac: ܢܘܣܐ (nawsā)
*** → Arabic: نَاوُوس (nāwūs)
** Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܢܐܘܣܐ
** Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: נווסה
** Jewish Literary Aramaic: נוסא (nawsā)
* → English: naos
* → Persian: ناوس (nâvos)
** → Ottoman Turkish: ناوس (navus)

#### See also

* ἱερόν (hierón)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ναός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 995-6

### Further reading

* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 766
* “ναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ναός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ναός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3485 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. chapel idem, page 124.sanctuary idem, page 733.shrine idem, page 771.temple idem, page 860.
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “temple”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈos/

### Noun

ναός • (naós) m (plural ναοί)
* (religion) place of worship: church, temple, mosque, synagogue

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ναός • | ναοί • |
| genitive | ναού • | ναών • |
| accusative | ναό • | ναούς • |
| vocative | ναέ • | ναοί • |

#### See also

* ναυς (nafs)