Where does “nas” come from?

nas (Indonesian) comes from Malay nas, from Arabic نَصّ.

nas (Indonesian): authoritative quotation from the Koran or the Traditions that settles a point of Islamic law or theology

Definitions

  1. authoritative quotation from the Koran or the Traditions that settles a point of Islamic law or theology

Ancestry of “nas”, step by step

nas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay nas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynas—
2Arabicنَصّ—

via Javanese nas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesenas—
Every word from Arabic نَصّ →Every word from Malay nas →