نوشین

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: نوسین

Persian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (anōšēn, ambrosial, sweet), from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱 (anōš, ambrosia) + [script needed] (-ēn), from Old Persian *anauša- (immortal), from Proto-Iranian *an-auša- (immortal). Compare Persian انوشه (anuše, a, immortal) and Persian نوشیدن (nušidan, to drink).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

Readings
Classical reading? nōšēn
Dari reading? nōšēn
Iranian reading? nušin
Tajik reading? nüšen

Adjective

[edit]

نوشین (nušin)

  1. sweet; pleasant

Proper noun

[edit]

نوشین (nušin)

  1. a female given name, Noushin, Nooshin, or Nushin, from Middle Persian

References

[edit]
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “ʾnwšyn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols