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Results for नस्
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
नस्nas1 Ā. (नसते) Ved.
1 Ā. (नसते) Vedic
To approach, go towards.
To copulate.
To be crooked or curved, to bend.
Derived forms and compounds
नस्nas, Feminine The nose. (a word optionally substituted for नासिका after Accusative dual); यथा गावो नसि प्रोताः Bhāg. 1.13.41. -Compound -क्षुद्रAdjective small-nosed.
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
नस्nasencl. form for acc. gen. dat. pl. of the Ist pers. pron. (Pa1n2. 7-l, i, 21), us, of us, to us; in Veda वेद…
encl. form for accusativegenitive casedative caseplural of the Ist personpronoun (Pa1n2. 7-l, i, 21), us, of us, to us; in Veda वेद changeable into णस् (4, 27; 28). [confer, compareZend na, our; Greek νῶϊ, νώ,; Latin nos-ter; Old Latindative case nis .]
class1 Atmane-pada (Dha1tup. xvi, 26) न्/असते (AoristPotentialनसीमहिfg-veda ii, 16, 8; pf नेसे; futureनसिताgrammar) to approach, resort to, join, copulate (especially as husband and wife) fg-veda; to be crooked or fraudulent Dha1tup. [confer, compareGreek νέ (σ) μαι, να- (σ) ίω, νόσ-τος; Gothic ga-nizan, nas-jan; Anglo-Saxon gene0san; HGerm. gine0san, genesen .]
or नास्feminine (the strong stem occurs only in dual numberन्/आसाfg-veda ii, 39, 6, the weak stem only in नस्/आ, नस्/इ, नस्/ओस् [confer, compare Pa1n2. 6-1, 63] and in compound) the nose fg-veda AV. VS. TS. BhP. [confer, compareनासा, नासिका; Latin nas-turciunm, na1res; Lithuanian no4sis; Slavonic or Slavonian nosu7; German Nase; Anglo-Saxon nosu; English nose, nostril Equivalent to nose-thrill, nose-hole .]