نيسان

See also: نيشان

Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum)bor.

Aramaic נִיסָן (nīsān)

Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)bor.

Arabic نيسان

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān), from Aramaic נִיסָן (nīsān), borrowed from Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum).

Cognate with Hebrew נִיסָן (nisan, “Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

نَيْسَان • (naysān) m

1. April (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension

Declension of noun نَيْسَان (naysān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	نَيْسَان naysān	—
nominative	—	نَيْسَانٌ naysānun	—
accusative	—	نَيْسَانًا naysānan	—
genitive	—	نَيْسَانٍ naysānin	—

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: نیسان (nisan)
  • Turkish: nisan
  • Northern Kurdish: nîsan
• → Persian: نَیسان (neysân)

See also

• (month): Previous: آذَار (ʔāḏār). Next: أَيَّار (ʔayyār)
• رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
• أَبْرِيل (ʔabrīl)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān), from Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan).

Noun

نيسان • (nīsān) m

1. (formal) April

   Synonym: شهر أربعة (šahr ʔarbaʕa)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)	شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ)	شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār)	شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār)	شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān)	شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz)	شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb)
September	October	November	December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl)	شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)	شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)	شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)