نشان

See also: نشأن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān, sign, mark).

Noun

نشان • (nişan)

  1. sign, mark, symbol, indicator
    Synonyms: اشارت (işaret), علامت (ʼalamet)
  2. thing set up, as a post or pillar
  3. stamp, an indentation or imprint made by stamping
    Synonym: تمغا (tamga)
  4. target, a butt or mark to shoot at
    Synonyms: آماج (amaç), غرض (ğaraz), هدف (hedef)
  5. aim, the pointing of a weapon
  6. decoration worn as an honor
  7. royal cypher usually set over letters-patent, public buildings, etc.
    Synonym: علامت (ʼalamet)
  8. token given by a man to his betrothed upon the formal betrothal

Derived terms

  • نشانجی (nişancı, marksman)
  • نشانسز (nişansız, without a sign)
  • نشانلاتمق (nişanlatmak, to make or let be marked)
  • نشانلامق (nişanlamak, to mark; to take aim at)
  • نشانلانمق (nişanlanmak, to become a mark or sign)
  • نشانلو (nişanlı, marked with a sign)
  • نشانگاه (nişangah, rearsight)
  • نشانگچ (nişangeç, a joiner's tool)
  • نشانگیر (nişangir, one who takes notes)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nişan
  • Albanian: nishan
  • Armenian: նիշան (nišan)
  • Bulgarian: ниша́н (nišán)
  • French: nichan
  • Greek: νισάνι (nisáni)
  • Macedonian: нишан (nišan)
  • Old East Slavic: нишанъ (nišanŭ)
  • Romanian: nișam
  • Serbo-Croatian: nìšan / нѝшан

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • نیشان (nišân)

Etymology

From earlier نِیشَان (nīšān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn' /⁠nīšān⁠/, sign, mark, banner) (compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫗𐫏𐫢𐫀𐫗 (nyšʾn /⁠nīšān⁠/), Old Armenian նշան (nšan), Old Georgian ნიშანი (nišani), Northern Kurdish nîşan, Central Kurdish نیشان (nîşan)), from [script needed] (nyš /⁠nīš-⁠/) (compare Old Armenian նիշ (niš), Old Georgian ნიში (niši), Classical Syriac ܢܝܫܐ (nīšāʾ), Hebrew נֵס (nēs), loanwords from Iranian). See the Middle Persian for more.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʃɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʃɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ni.ʃɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? nišān
Dari reading? nišān
Iranian reading? nešân
Tajik reading? nišon

Noun

Dari نشان
Iranian Persian
Tajik нишон

نشان • (nešân) (plural نشان‌ها (nešân-hâ))

  1. sign, mark
  2. aim, target, butt
  3. medal, order, decoration
  4. banner, flag, standard, ensign
  5. coat of arms

Derived terms

  • نشانه (nešâne)
  • نشانگر (nešângar)
  • نشانی (nešâni)
  • بی‌نشان (bê-nešân)
  • بدنشان (bad-nešân)
  • نشان دادن (nešân dâdan)
  • نشان کردن (nešân kardan)
  • نشان‌شناسی (nešân-šenâsi)
  • خط و نشان کشیدن (xatt-o-nešân kešidan)

Descendants

(some may be from Middle Persian)

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān).

Pronunciation

Noun

نشان • (niśān) m (Hindi spelling निशान)

  1. sign, symbol
  2. mark, impression, scar
  3. trace, clue, vestige
  4. ensign, standard
  5. decoration, medal
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