ܢܝܣܢ

From Aramaic נִיסָן (nīsān), from Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (araḫ nisānu, literally “Month of the sanctuary”); also borrowed into Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān) and Hebrew נִיסָן (nisán).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [niːsaːn]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [niːsan]

ܢܝܼܣܵܢ • (nīsān) m

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar of thirty days, following March and preceding May)
2. The first month of the Assyrian calendar of thirty days, traditionally beginning on the day of the new moon closest to the Vernal equinox.
3. Nisan (seventh month of the Jewish calendar of thirty days, following Adar and preceding Iyar)
4. a male given name
5. a surname transferred from the given name

• ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܢܝܼ̈ܣܵܢܹܐ (bēy nīsānē, “Spring”)
• ܢܝܼܣܢܵܝܵܐ (nīsnāyā, “Wheat sown in April”)
• ܚܲܕ݇ ܒܢܝܼܣܵܢ (ḥa bnīsān, “First of April, Assyrian New Year”)

From Aramaic נִיסָן, from Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannu)

• IPA^(key): [nisɑn]

ܢܝܣܢ • (nīsān)

1. April
2. Nisan, Nissan

• → Arabic: نيسان (naysān)
  • → Persian: نَیسان (neysân)
• Ottoman Turkish: نیسان
  • Turkish: nisan
  • Northern Kurdish: nîsan

• “nysn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• ܢܝܣܢ on syriacdictionary.net
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 906
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 427
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 338

ܢܝܣܢ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc

From Aramaic נִיסָן.

• IPA^(key): /nisən/

ܢܝܣܷܢ • (nisën) m

1. April