نيشان

See also: نيسان‎ and نىشان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian نشان‎ (nišān), likely from its earlier (now archaic) form نیشان‎ (nīšān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /niː.ʃaːn/

Noun

نِيشَان • (nīšān) m (plural نَيَاشِين‎ (nayāšīn))

  1. aim, goal, target
    Synonym: هَدَف‎ (hadaf)
  2. sign, mark
    Synonym: عَلامة‎ (ʕalāma)
  3. medal, order (now the commonest sense)
    Synonym: وِسام‎ (wisām)
  4. decoration
    Synonym: زِينة‎ (zīna)
  5. (Egypt) bridal attire

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Swahili: nishani

Moroccan Arabic
Root
ن ي ش‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /niː.ʃaːn/

Adverb

نيشان • (nīšān)

  1. straight
    Synonym: طول‎ (ṭūl)

Derived terms
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