نیش

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Niš/Ниш.

Proper noun[edit]

نیش (niş)

  1. Niš (a city in Nišava district, Serbia).

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: Niş

Further reading[edit]

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Niş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 581

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nēš), from Old Median, from Proto-Iranian *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Noun[edit]

نیش (niš)

  1. sting, bite

Related terms[edit]