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Arabic
Verb
نهان (form IV)
- نُهَانُ (nuhānu) /nu.haː.nu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
- نُهَانَ (nuhāna) /nu.haː.na/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (nyhʾn' /nihān/, “concealment, secrecy”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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nihān, nahān
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| Dari reading?
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nehān, nahān
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| Iranian reading?
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nehân, nahân
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| Tajik reading?
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nehon, nahon
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Adjective
نهان • (nahân or nehân)
- hidden, secret, arcane
- Synonyms: پنهان (penhân), مخفی (maxfi), پوشیده (pušide), نپیدا (napeydâ)
- Antonyms: پیدا (peydâ), آشکار (âškâr)
Derived terms
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nihān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59