Namus
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Nāmūs is the Arabic word (Greek "νόμος") of a concept of an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern patriarchal character. 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.
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See also
- Izzat (honour)
- Jineology
- History of rape
- Honor killing
- Manoj–Babli honour killing case
- Mesopotamian marriage law
- Culture of honor (Southern United States)
- Honor codes of the Bedouin
- Bedouin systems of justice
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