namus
Sign in to saveNāmūs is an Arabic word describing an ethical category in Middle Eastern patriarchal character. Often literally translated as "virtue", it is now more popularly used in a strong gender-specific context of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty.
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Nāmūs is an Arabic word describing an ethical category in Middle Eastern patriarchal character. Often literally translated as "virtue", it is now more popularly used in a strong gender-specific context of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty.
==Etymology== The Arabic word "nāmūs" () may mean "law", "custom" or "honor" and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek word "nómos" (), meaning "law, custom".
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