निशान
See also: नाशन and निशाना
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian نشان (nešân), from an earlier نیشان (nišân), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn' /nīšān/). Compare Punjabi ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ (niśān) / نشان (nśān), Gujarati નિશાન (niśān), Marathi निशाण (niśāṇ), Bengali নিশান (niśan), Kannada ನಿಶಾನೆ (niśāne).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ʃɑːn/, [n̪ɪ.ʃä̃ːn̪]
Noun
निशान • (niśān) m (Urdu spelling نشان)
- mark, impression
- flag, standard
- vestige, monument
- trace, clue
- a scar
Declension
Declension of निशान (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | निशान niśān | निशान niśān |
| oblique | निशान niśān | निशानों niśānõ |
| vocative | निशान niśān | निशानो niśāno |
Descendants
- Tamil: நிசான் (nicāṉ)
- Telugu: నిశాని (niśāni)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “निशान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press