نشانی

Persian

Etymology

From نِشان (nešân) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nišānī
Dari reading? nišānī
Iranian reading? nešâni
Tajik reading? nišoni
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Noun

نِشانی • (nešâni) (plural نشانی‌ها)

  1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake
  2. post address
    Synonym: آدْرِس (âdres)
    نِشانیِ اِشْتِباه دادی. (informal, Iranian Persian)nešâni-ye eštebâh dâdi.You gave me the wrong address.
    نِشانیِ پُسْتِ اِلِکْتِرونیکِ شُما چیسْت؟ (formal, Iranian Persian)
    nešâni-ye post-e elekteronik-e šomâ čist?
    What is your email address?

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: निशानी (niśānī)
    Urdu: نِشانی (niśānī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَانِی (nišānī).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِشانی • (niśānīm (Hindi spelling निशानी)

  1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake, bookmark
  2. sign, omen
    قَیَامَت کی نِشانیqayāmat kī niśānīsign of doomsday
  3. token, souvenir, memento, memorabilia
  4. issue, offspring
    وُہ میری نِشانی ہَےvo merī niśānī haihe/she is my issue

Declension

Declension of نشانی
singular plural
direct نشانی (niśānī) نشانِیاں (niśāniyā̃)
oblique نشانی (niśānī) نشانِیوں (niśāniyō̃)
vocative نشانی (niśānī) نشانِیو (niśāniyō)