ניסן

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Aramaic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannu), from Sumerian 𒌗𒁇 (ITI.BAR).

Proper noun[edit]

נִיסָן (nīsānm

  1. Nisan: the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), after Adar and before Iyar.

Descendants[edit]

  • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
  • Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)

References[edit]

  • nysn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • 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

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Akkadian 𒌗𒁈 (itinissani), from Sumerian 𒌗𒁇 (ITI.BAR).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

נִיסָן (nisánm

  1. Nisan: the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), after Adar and before Iyar.
    • Tanach, Nehemiah 2:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא־הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָיו׃
      Vayhí b-ḥódesh Nisan shnat 'esrím l-Artaḥshást' ha-mélekh yáyin l'fanáv va-esá et ha-yáyin va-etná la-mélekh v-lo hayíti ra' l'fanáv.
      And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Pesachim 4:9:
      עִבֵּר נִיסָן בְּנִיסָן, וְלֹא הוֹדוּ לוֹ:
      'Ibér Nisán b-Nisán, v-lo hodu lo.
      He intercalated Nisan in Nisan, and they did not condone him.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 11a:
      רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: בְּנִיסָן נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בְּנִיסָן נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת, בְּנִיסָן מֵתוּ אָבוֹת
      Rabbí Yehoshúa' omér: B-Nisán nivrá ha-'olám, b-Nisán noldú avót, b-Nisán métu avót.
      Rabbi Yehoshua says: In Nisan the world was created, in Nisan the patriarchs were born, in Nisan the patriarchs died.
  1. a male given name

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with German niesen, Dutch niezen, English sneeze.

Verb[edit]

ניסן (nisn) (past participle גענאָסן (genosn))

  1. to sneeze
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Hebrew נִיסָן.

Noun[edit]

ניסן (nisnm

  1. Nisan (seventh month)
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