نيسان

See also: نيشان

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan) , ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannu). Cognate with Hebrew נִיסָן (nisan, “Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

نَيْسَان • (naysān) m

  1. April (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension
Declension of noun نَيْسَان (naysān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — نَيْسَان
naysān		 —
Nominative — نَيْسَانٌ
naysānun		 —
Accusative — نَيْسَانًا
naysānan		 —
Genitive — نَيْسَانٍ
naysānin		 —

Descendants
  • → Persian: نَیسان (neysân)

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān), from Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan).

Noun

نيسان • (nīsān) m

  1. (formal) April
    Synonym: شهر أربعة (šahr ʔarbaʕa)

See also
Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January February March April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad),
كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)		 شهر تنين (šahr tnēn),
شباط (šbāṭ)		 شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte),
آذار (ʔāḏār)		 شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa),
نيسان (nīsān)
May June July August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse),
أيّار (ʔayyār)		 شهر ستّة (šahr sitte),
حزيران (ḥazīrān)		 شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa),
تمّوز (tammūz)		 شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye),
آب (ʔāb)
September October November December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa),
أيلول (ʔēlūl)		 شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara),
تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)		 شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš),
تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)		 شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš),
كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)
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