"ناموس" meaning in Persian

See ناموس in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [nɑː.ˈmuːs] [Classical-Persian], [nɑː.múːs] [Dari, formal], [nɑː.múːs] [Dari, formal], [nɑː.múːs] [Kabuli], [nɔː.mús] (note: Hazaragi), [nɒː.múːs] [Iran, formal], [nɔ.mús] [Tajik, formal] Forms: nâmus [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|نَامُوس}} Borrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), {{der|fa|grc|νόμος}} Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=nâmus|tr2=|tr3=}} ناموس • (nâmus), {{fa-noun|tr=nâmus}} ناموس • (nâmus)
  1. namus: notion of honor, moral reputation, and female chastity
    Sense id: en-ناموس-fa-noun-xLBcizvn
  2. (by extension) female family member (from a male perspective) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-ناموس-fa-noun-jINzLNSi Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 17 76 7
  3. law, regulation
    Sense id: en-ناموس-fa-noun-cJxBaM0x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: بیناموس (bi-nâmus), ناموسی (nâmusi)
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      "roman": "bi-nâmus",
      "word": "بیناموس"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "nâmusi",
      "word": "ناموسی"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "نَامُوس"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "νόμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nâmus",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
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        "head2": "",
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        "tr": "nâmus",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "nâmus"
      },
      "expansion": "ناموس • (nâmus)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "namus: notion of honor, moral reputation, and female chastity"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "notion",
          "notion"
        ],
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "moral",
          "moral"
        ],
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "chastity",
          "chastity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 76 7",
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          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female family member (from a male perspective)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ناموس-fa-noun-jINzLNSi",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
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        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) female family member (from a male perspective)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am not even restless, since by the law of love,\nYou are the hope of my restless soul day and night.",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 275:",
          "roman": "bē-qarārī ham na-dāram zi ān ki dar nāmūs-i išq\nrōz u šab ummēd-i jān-i bē-qarār-i man tō-yī",
          "text": "بیقراری هم ندارم ز آن که در ناموس عشق\nروز و شب امید جان بیقرار من تویی",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "law, regulation"
      ],
      "id": "en-ناموس-fa-noun-cJxBaM0x",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "[nɑː.ˈmuːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔː.mús]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔ.mús]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ناموس"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Persian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Persian terms derived from Arabic",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bi-nâmus",
      "word": "بیناموس"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nâmusi",
      "word": "ناموسی"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ar",
        "3": "نَامُوس"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "νόμος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nâmus",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "nâmus",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ناموس • (nâmus)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "nâmus"
      },
      "expansion": "ناموس • (nâmus)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "namus: notion of honor, moral reputation, and female chastity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "notion",
          "notion"
        ],
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "moral",
          "moral"
        ],
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "chastity",
          "chastity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female family member (from a male perspective)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) female family member (from a male perspective)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am not even restless, since by the law of love,\nYou are the hope of my restless soul day and night.",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 275:",
          "roman": "bē-qarārī ham na-dāram zi ān ki dar nāmūs-i išq\nrōz u šab ummēd-i jān-i bē-qarār-i man tō-yī",
          "text": "بیقراری هم ندارم ز آن که در ناموس عشق\nروز و شب امید جان بیقرار من تویی",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "law, regulation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.ˈmuːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔː.mús]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɒː.múːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɔ.mús]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ناموس"
}

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