निशान

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نشان (nišān), from an earlier نیشان (nīšān), from Middle Persian (nyšʾn' /⁠nīšān⁠/). Compare Assamese নিচান (nisan), Bengali নিশান (niśan), Gujarati નિશાન (niśān), Kannada ನಿಶಾನೆ (niśāne), Marathi निशाण (niśāṇ), Punjabi ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ (niśān) / نشان (niśān).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ʃɑːn/,

Noun

निशान (niśānm (Urdu spelling نشان)

  1. mark, impression
  2. flag, standard
  3. vestige, monument
  4. trace, clue
  5. a scar

Declension

Descendants

  • Tamil: நிஷானி (niṣāṉi)
  • Telugu: నిశాని (niśāni)

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