Namus
Arabic word meaning "virtue" / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Namus (disambiguation).
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. [citation needed]
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