نیسان

See also: نيسان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum)bor.

Aramaic נִיסָן (nīsān)

Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)bor.

Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish نیسان

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

Noun

نیسان • (nisan)

1. (Syriac calendar) April

Descendants

• Turkish: nisan
• Northern Kurdish: nîsan

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نیسان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2117

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum)bor.

Aramaic נִיסָן (nīsān)

Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)bor.

Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān)bor.

Persian نیسان

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naj.ˈsaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näj.sɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näj.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näj.sɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näj.sɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nej.sɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näj.sɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	naysān
Dari reading?	naysān
Iranian reading?	neysân
Tajik reading?	nayson

Noun

نیسان • (naysān / neysân) (Tajik spelling найсон)

1. (Syriac calendar) April

Descendants

• → Gujarati: નૈસાન (naisān)

See also

• (month): Previous: آذار (âzâr). Next: ایّار (ayyâr)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نيسان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul