ناسك

Likely borrowed from a base stem active participle of the matching Aramaic root meaning in the widespread base stem “to pour out”, “to cast” – of which sense in the passive participle form نَسِيك (nasīk, “ingot of gold or silver”) derives as a separate borrowing from Aramaic – and in a technical cultic sense “to libate”, a root related to the Arabic ن ز ع (n z ʕ); considering also that the other terms within the root formula نَسَكَ (nasaka, “to lead a devout or virtuous or ascetic life”), تَنَسَ