An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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nose
  ۱) دماغ، بینی؛ ۲) دماغه  
1) damâq (#), bini (#); 2) damâqé (#)
Fr.: nez  

  1. The part projecting above the mouth serving as the organ of breathing and smelling.

  2. Something like a nose in shape or position, especially the front end of an → aircraft. See also → nozzle.

Etymology (EN): M.E.; O.E. nosu (O.N. nös; Du. neus; O.H.G. nasa; Ger. Nase); PIE root *nas- “nose;” cf. Skt. nasa-; Av. nāh-; O.Pers. nāham; L. nasus;
O.C.S. nasu; Lith. nosis. See also → nostril.

Etymology (PE): 1) Damâq, ultimately from Proto-Ir. *damaka-, from *damH- “to breathe, to blow;” cf. Pers. dam-, damidan “to breathe, to blow;” Av. dāδmainya- “blowing up;” cf.
Skt. dahm- “to blow,” dhámati “blows;” Gk. themeros “austere, dark-looking;” Lith. dumti “to blow;” PIE dhem-/dhemə- “to smoke, to blow.”
Bini “nose;” Mid.Pers. wênig “nose” (Av. vaēna- “nose”), related to wên “breath;” cognate with jân “vital spirit, soul,” → animate.

  1. Damâqé, from damâq + nuance suffix -é.