nîşan

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian نشان‎ (nešân), Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn' /⁠nīšān⁠/, “sign, mark, banner”), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn /⁠nīšān⁠/), Old Armenian loanword from Persian նշան (nšan). Compare Old Armenian նիշ (niš), Classical Syriac ܢܝܫܐ‎ (nīšāʾ), Hebrew נֵס‎ (nēs), loanwords from Iranian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /niːˈʃɑːn/

Noun

nîşan f (Arabic spelling نیشان‎)

  1. sign, mark, symbol

Declension
Declension of nîşan
Definite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nîşan nîşan
Construct nîşana nîşanên
Oblique nîşanê nîşanan
Demonstrative oblique wê nîşanê wan nîşanan
Vocative nîşanê nîşanino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nîşanek nîşanin
Construct nîşaneke nîşanine
Oblique nîşanekê nîşaninan

Derived terms
  • nîşanbûyî
  • nîşandan
  • nîşandanîn
  • nîşandayî
  • nîşanger
  • nîşangir
  • nîşankirin
  • nîşankirî
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