نوش

See also: نوس and نؤوش

Arabic

Noun

نَوْش • (nawš) m

1. verbal noun of نَاشَ (nāša, “to grip, to take hold of something”) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun نَوْش (nawš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْش nawš	النَّوْش an-nawš	نَوْش nawš
Nominative	نَوْشٌ nawšun	النَّوْشُ an-nawšu	نَوْشُ nawšu
Accusative	نَوْشًا nawšan	النَّوْشَ an-nawša	نَوْشَ nawša
Genitive	نَوْشٍ nawšin	النَّوْشِ an-nawši	نَوْشِ nawši

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾnwš /⁠anōš⁠/, “elixir, antidote”, literally “immortal”). Related to Old Armenian անոյշ (anoyš), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

نوش • (nuš)

1. ambrosia, nectar
2. elixir
3. antidote

Derived terms

• نوشدارو (nušdâru)

Verb

1. present stem form of نوشیدن

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نوش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “anōš”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press