नासा

See also: निस् and नस

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nāsā (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• নাসা (Bengali script)
• නාසා (Sinhalese script)
• နာသာ or ၼႃသႃ (Burmese script)
• นาสา (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາສາ (Lao script)
• នាសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

नासा f

1. Devanagari script form of nāsā (“nose”)

Declension

Declension table of "नासा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	नासा (nāsā)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)
Accusative (second)	नासं (nāsaṃ)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)
Instrumental (third)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासाहि (nāsāhi) or नासाभि (nāsābhi)
Dative (fourth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासानं (nāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासाहि (nāsāhi) or नासाभि (nāsābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	नासाय (nāsāya)	नासानं (nāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	नासाय (nāsāya) or नासायं (nāsāyaṃ)	नासासु (nāsāsu)
Vocative (calling)	नासे (nāse)	नासायो (nāsāyo) or नासा (nāsā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নাসা (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬵᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• নাসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰯𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• နာသာ (Burmese script)
• નાસા (Gujarati script)
• ਨਾਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌾𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦴꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂰𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ನಾಸಾ (Kannada script)
• នាសា (Khmer script)
• ນາສາ (Lao script)
• നാസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘰𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧑𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐵𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ନାସା (Odia script)
• ꢥꢵꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆳𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖯𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• නාසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩛𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚭𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• நாஸா (Tamil script)
• నాసా (Telugu script)
• นาสา (Thai script)
• ནཱ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒰𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨊𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Reinterpreted from the nom./acc. dual of नस् (nás, “nose”). Cognate with Latin nāsus (“nose”), Russian нос (nos), Old English nosu (whence English nose).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑ́ː.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑː.s̪ɑː/

Noun

नासा • (nā́sā) stem, 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. a plant of species Justicia gendarussa (syn. 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 / नासायै² nā́sāyāḥ / nā́sāyai²	नासाभ्याम् nā́sābhyām	नासाभ्यः nā́sābhyaḥ
Genitive	नासायाः / नासायै² nā́sāyāḥ / nā́sāyai²	नासयोः nā́sayoḥ	नासानाम् nā́sānām
Locative	नासायाम् nā́sāyām	नासयोः nā́sayoḥ	नासासु nā́sāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• नस् (nás)
• नासिका (nā́sikā)

Descendants

• Pali: nāsā
• Punjabi: ਨਾਸ (nās, “nostril”)
• Kashmiri: نَس (nas), नस (nas)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “nás-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 30-31
• Monier Williams (1899) “नासा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 538, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāsā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press