نسا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِسَا (nisā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.saː/, /na.saː/

Proper noun

نِسَا or نَسَا • (nisā or nasā) ? (historical)

1. a town in Fars
2. a place in Hamadan
3. a place in Kerman
4. a place in Khurasan

References

• Rüdiger Schmitt (2002), "NISĀYA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ).

Noun

نسا • (nisa)

1. women (collectively)

Descendants

• Turkish: nisa

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “nisa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نسا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2079

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.sɑː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian نسا (nisā), from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ).

Noun

نِسا • (nisā) f pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling निसा)

1. women

   Synonym: خَواتِین (xavātīn)

Noun

نِسا • (nisā) f (indeclinable, Hindi spelling निसा)

1. the female sex, womankind

Derived terms

• نِسائی (nisāī)
• نِسائِیَت (nisāiyat)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸 (nisā), from Sanskrit निशा (niśā). Doublet of نِس (nis) and نِشا (niśā).

Noun

نِسا • (nisā) f (Hindi spelling निसा)

1. night

   Synonyms: رات (rāt), رَین (rain), شَب (śab), لَیل (lail)

Derived terms

• نِسا چَر (nisā car, “nocturnal”)
• نِسا کَر (nisā kar, “the moon”)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “نسا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “نسا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.