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Etymology of nasi

Borrowed from Malay nasi.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Cooked rice.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Malay nasi.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

The intercalation of a month in the calendar of pre-Islamic Arabia, often considered heretical.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيء (nasīʔ, literally “postponement”).

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Source etymology 3

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noun

plural of nasus

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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