# नस्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* নস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* နသ် (Burmese script)
* નસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ನಸ್ (Kannada script)
* នស៑ (Khmer script)
* ນສ຺ (Lao script)
* നസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ନସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* නස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* நஸ் (Tamil script)
* నస్ (Telugu script)
* นสฺ (Thai script)
* ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nas (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *nos (“us”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬇 (nə̄), Latin nos.

#### Alternative forms

* नो (no), न (na)

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐs̪/

#### Pronoun

नस् • (nas)
* (enclitic) accusative plural of अहम् (ahám)
    Synonym: अस्मान् (asmā́n)
* (enclitic) dative plural of अहम् (ahám)
    Synonym: अस्मभ्यम् (asmábhyam)
* (enclitic) genitive plural of अहम् (ahám)
    Synonym: अस्माकम् (asmā́kam)

##### Usage notes

In Vedic Sanskrit, the term is optionally rendered as णस् (ṇas) when it occurs after /r/ or /ṣ/.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶 (n-a-h-m /⁠nāham⁠/), Latin nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis (“nose”), Prasuni nes, Tregami nās, Old English nosu (whence English nose).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ́s/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐs̪/

#### Noun

नस् • (nás) stem, f
* the nose, snout
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.27.2:सुपर्णस्त्वान्वविन्दत्सूकरस्त्वाखनन् नसा । प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्यरसान् कृण्वोषधे ॥suparṇastvānvavindatsūkarastvākhanan nasā. prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahyarasān kṛṇvoṣadhe.The strong-winged bird discovered thee, the boar unearthed thee with his snout. Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

##### Derived terms

* नासा (nā́sā)
* नस्य (násya)
* नस्वत् (nasvát)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nás-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nás- (“to approach, join”), from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home”); compare Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “journey”), whence partially English nostalgia.

#### Root

नस् • (nas)
* to approach, resort to, join, copulate (esp. as husband and wife), unite
* to be crooked or fraudulent

##### Derived terms

* नसते (nasate)
* नसिता (nasitā)
* नसीमहि (nasīmahi)
* नसीमहि (nasīmahi)
* नेसे (nese)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “नस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 532/2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-1