Ottoman Turkish

Noun

نشان (nişan)

1. sign
2. mark
3. stamp
4. target
5. aim
6. symbol
7. indicator
8. decoration

Persian

Alternative forms

• نیشان ‎(nišân)

Etymology

From earlier نیشان ‎(nišân), from Middle Persian nyšʾn' ‎(nīšān, “sign, mark, banner”) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nyšʾn ‎(nīšān), Manichaean Parthian nyšʾn, Old Armenian loanword նշան ‎(nšan), Kurdish nîşan, نیشان ‎(nîşan)), from nyš ‎(nīš-) (compare Old Armenian նիշ ‎(niš), Classical Syriac ܢܝܫܐ ‎(nīšāʾ), Hebrew נֵס ‎(nēs), loanwords from Iranian).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nɪˈʃɒːn/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [neˈʃɒn]

Noun

نشان • ‎(nešân) ‎(plural نشان‌ها ‎(nešân-hâ))

1. sign, mark
2. aim, target, butt
3. medal, order, decoration
4. banner, flag, standard, ensign

Derived terms

• نشانه ‎(nešâne)
• نشانی ‎(nešâni)
• بی‌نشان ‎(bê-nešân)
• بدنشان ‎(bad-nešân)
• نشان دادن ‎(nešân dâdan)
• نشان کردن ‎(nešân kardan)
• خط و نشان کشیدن ‎(xatt-o-nešân kešidan)

Descendants

• Arabic: نيشان ‎(nīšān)
• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܫܢܐ ‎(nīšānāʾ)
  • Mandaic: ࡍࡉࡔࡀࡍ ‎(nišan)
• Azeri: nişan
• Crimean Tatar: nişan
• Georgian: ნიშანი ‎(nišani)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: निशान ‎(nišān)
  • Urdu: نشان ‎(nišān)
• Ottoman Turkish: نشان ‎(nişan)
  • Albanian: nishan
  • Bulgarian: нишан ‎(nišan)
  • French: nichan
  • Greek: νισάνι ‎(nisáni)
  • Old East Slavic: нишанъ ‎(nišanŭ)
    • Russian: нишан ‎(nišan)
  • Romanian: nișam
  • Serbo-Croatian: nišan / нишан
  • Turkish: nişan
• Punjabi: نشان ‎(nišān)
• Turkmen: nyşan
• Uzbek: nishon

References

• "نشان" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nīšān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian.

Noun

نشان • ‎(nishān) m ‎(Hindi spelling निशान)

1. mark, impression