نشان

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See also: نشأن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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    Middle Persian nyšʾn'
    Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān)bor.
    Ottoman Turkish نشان

    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

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    Etymology

      From earlier نِیشَان (nīšān), from Middle Persian (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 (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.

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

      Noun

      Dari نشان
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik нишон

      نشان • (nešân) (plural نشان‌ها)

      1. sign, mark
        • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی , volume II, verse 388:
          چون که عمر شیخ در آخر رسید
          در وجود خود نشان مرگ دید
          čōn ki 'umr-i šayx dar āxir rasīd
          dar wujūd-i xwad nišān-i marg dīd
          When the Shaykh's life reached its end
          and he saw in his (bodily) existence the signs of death
      2. aim, target, butt
      3. medal, order, decoration
      4. banner, flag, standard, ensign
      5. coat of arms
        Synonym: آرم (ârm)

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      (some may be from Middle Persian)

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      Urdu

      Etymology

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        Middle Persian nyšʾn'
        Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān)bor.
        Urdu نِشَان (niśān)

        Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān).

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        Noun

        نِشَان • (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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