نام و نشان

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈnɑː.mu ni.ˈʃɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑ́ː.mʊ nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑ́ː.mʊ nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑ́ː.mʊ nɪ.ʃɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔ́ː.mu ni.ʃɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒ́ː.mo ne.ʃɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ́.mu ni.ʃɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāmu nišān
Dari reading?	nāmu nišān
Iranian reading?	nâmo nešân
Tajik reading?	nomu nišon

Noun

نام و نشان • (nâm o nešân)

1. (historical) given name and title/lineage; (by extension) identity, full name (before the adoption of Western surnames)
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 205”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     تا ز میخانه و می نام و نشان خواهد بود
     سر ما خاک ره پیر مغان خواهد بود

     tā zi mayxāna u may nām u nišān xwāhad būd
     sar-i mā xāk-i rah-i pīr-i muğān xwāhad būd

     As long as our name and title are from the tavern and the wine,
     Our head will be upon the earth of the Magian elder's road.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (obsolete) address (of a residence)

   Synonyms: آدرس (âdres), نشانی (nešâni)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नामो-निशान (nāmo-niśān)

  Urdu: نام و نِشان (nām o niśān)