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• Namus

From Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).

namus (plural nawamis)

1. (in Arab countries) A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
2. A cromlech, a stone circle, a lithic burial structure in the Sinai connected to various superstitions.

• Manus, Suman, Usman, manus, suman

Borrowed from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs), ultimately from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).

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namus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)

1. honor; namus

   Synonyms: qeyrət, şərəf, təəssüb

   birinin namusuna toxunmaq ― to offend someone's honor

• “namus” in Obastan.com.

nāmus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of nō

namus m

1. accusative plural of nams

namus m pl

1. accusative plural of namas

From Ottoman Turkish ناموس (namus), from Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs).

• IPA^(key): /naːˈmus/

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namus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)

1. honor
2. chastity (the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, sexual intercourse.)
3. code of honour
   • 2021 January 14, Mehmet Raşit Er, Daron: Şiir yazıyorduk, roman oldu‎^[1], Mehmet Raşit Er, →ISBN, page 97:

     Daron bu soru cevapları kendine kendi içinde sordu durdu ve en sonunda böylesi bir olay yaşanmışsa bile bunu namus meselesi yapmak dünyada görülmemiş bir olaydır. İnsana gülmezler mi? Basında “bir kadın tarafından tecavüze uğrayan bir erkek ?! ...

     Daron kept asking these questions and answers to himself, and even if such an event happened in the end, it is an unprecedented event in the world to take it as a code of honour. Isn't it ridiculous ? “If I appear in the media as a man who has been raped by a woman, ?!...

• “namus”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu