FromProto-Indo-Iranian*nas(“us”), fromProto-Indo-European*nos(“us”). Cognate withAvestan𐬥𐬇(nə̄),Latinnos.

• नो(no),न(na)

• (Vedic)IPA^(key): /nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit)IPA^(key): /n̪ɐs̪/

नस्• (nas)

1. (enclitic)accusativeplural ofअहम्(ahám)

   Synonym:अस्मान्(asmā́n)

2. (enclitic)dativeplural ofअहम्(ahám)

   Synonym:अस्मभ्यम्(asmábhyam)

3. (enclitic)genitiveplural ofअहम्(ahám)

   Synonym:अस्माकम्(asmā́kam)

InVedic Sanskrit, the term is optionally rendered asणस्(ṇas) when it occurs after /r/ or /ṣ/.

FromProto-Indo-Iranian*náHs, fromProto-Indo-European*néh₂s(“nose”). Cognate withOld Persian𐎴𐎠𐏃𐎶(n-a-h-m/⁠nāham⁠/),Latinnāsus(“nose”),Lithuaniannósis(“nose”),Prasunines,Tregaminās,Old Englishnosu (whenceEnglishnose).

• (Vedic)IPA^(key): /nɐ́s/
• (Classical Sanskrit)IPA^(key): /n̪ɐs̪/

नस्• (nás)stem, f

1. thenose,snout
   • c. 1500BCE – 1000BCE,Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200BCE – 1000BCE,Atharvaveda2.27.2:

     सुपर्णस्त्वान्वविन्दत्सूकरस्त्वाखनन्नसा ।
     प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्यरसान् कृण्वोषधे ॥

     suparṇastvānvavindatsūkarastvākhanannasā.
     prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahyarasān kṛṇvoṣadhe.

     The strong-winged bird discovered thee, the boar unearthed theewith his snout.
     Refute mine adversary's speech. Render them dull and flat, O Plant.

   • c. 700CE – 900CE,Bhāgavata Purāṇa

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

FromProto-Indo-Aryan*nas-, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*nas-(“to approach, join”), fromProto-Indo-European*nes-(“to return home safely”); compareAncient Greekνόστος(nóstos,“journey”), whence partiallyEnglishnostalgia.

नस्• (nas)

1. tocometogether (athome), tojoin (RV.)
2. tobecrooked orfraudulent (Dhātup.)

• Monier Williams (1899), “नस्”, inA Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At theClarendon Press,→OCLC, page532, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885),The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel,page89

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996),Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages30-1
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “nas”, inThe Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages331-332
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “nas”, inDCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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