नासा

See also: निस् and नस

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHsaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHsaH, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- (“nose”). Cognate with Latin nāsus (“nose”), Russian нос (nos), Old English nosu (whence English nose).

Pronunciation

Noun

नासा • (nā́sā) f

  1. nose
  2. proboscis (compare गजनासा (gaja-nāsā))
  3. a piece of wood projecting like a nose over a door (= नासादारु (nā́sā-dāru))
  4. Gendarussa vulgaris

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of नासा (nā́sā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative नासा
nā́sā		 नासे
nā́se		 नासाः
nā́sāḥ
Vocative नासे
nā́se		 नासे
nā́se		 नासाः
nā́sāḥ
Accusative नासाम्
nā́sām		 नासे
nā́se		 नासाः
nā́sāḥ
Instrumental नासया / नासा¹
nā́sayā / nā́sā¹		 नासाभ्याम्
nā́sābhyām		 नासाभिः
nā́sābhiḥ
Dative नासायै
nā́sāyai		 नासाभ्याम्
nā́sābhyām		 नासाभ्यः
nā́sābhyaḥ
Ablative नासायाः
nā́sāyāḥ		 नासाभ्याम्
nā́sābhyām		 नासाभ्यः
nā́sābhyaḥ
Genitive नासायाः
nā́sāyāḥ		 नासयोः
nā́sayoḥ		 नासानाम्
nā́sānām
Locative नासायाम्
nā́sāyām		 नासयोः
nā́sayoḥ		 नासासु
nā́sāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: nāsā
  • नस् (nás)
  • नासिका (nā́sikā)
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