nasnas

English

A Camel and Three Strange Single-handed and Single-legged Creatures (nasnas).

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَسْنَاس (nasnās).

Noun

nasnas (plural nasnas)

1. (Islam, folklore) A monstrous creature related to the jinn, said to resemble the left or right half of a human being (with half a head, half a body, one arm and one leg).

See also

• jinn, jann; ghoul
• shaitan
• angel
• fachan

Anagrams

• Sannas, sannas

Tagalog

Adjective

nasnás (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐ᜔ᜈᜐ᜔)

1. frayed; threadbare

Anagrams

• sansan