nāsā

  1. the nose, Snp.198, Snp.608.
  2. the trunk (of an elephant) Ja.v.297 (nāga˚-uru); Sdhp.153.
  • -puṭa “nose-cup”; the outside of the nose, the nostril Ja.vi.74; Vism.195 (nāsa˚), Vism.264 (nāsa˚, but Kp-a.67 nāsā˚), Vism.283 (nāsa˚).
  • -vāta wind, i.e. breath from the nostrils Ja.iii.276.

Vedic nāsā (du.); Lat. nāris, Ohg. nasa, Ags. nasu