different between chastity vs namus

English

Etymology

From Middle English chastite, from Old French chasteté, a semi-learned adaptation of Latin castitas.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æst?ti/, [?t?æst??i]

Noun

chastity (countable and uncountable, plural chastities)

1. The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.
   • 2010, The Guardian, Celibacy: whose bright idea was that?, 29 May 2010

     In Catholic doctrine, the virtue of chastity is taken to be the principal foil to everyone's favourite deadly sin, lust.

Antonyms

• inchastity, unchastity
• lust
• promiscuity

Derived terms

• chastity belt

Related terms

• chaste

Translations

References

• chastity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• yachtist

English

Alternative forms

• Namus

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (n?m?s).

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Manus, Suman, Usman, manus, suman

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (n?m?s), ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (nómos).

Noun

namus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)

1. honor; namus

   Synonyms: qeyr?t, ??r?f, t??ssüb

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “namus” in Obastan.com.

Latin

Verb

n?mus

1. first-person plural present active indicative of n?

Latvian

Noun

namus m

1. accusative plural form of nams

Lithuanian

Noun

namus m pl

1. accusative plural of namas

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (namus), from Arabic ???????? (n?m?s).

Noun

namus (definite accusative namusu, plural namuslar)

1. honor

Declension

Further reading

• namus in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu