نمایش
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نمایش (namâyiš, “show, exposition, display”).
Noun
نمایش • (nümayiş) (definite accusative نمایشی (nümayişi), plural نمایشلر (nümayişler))
- show, exposition, display, exhibition, spectacle, a piece of work to be presented visually
- Synonym: تشهیر (teşhir)
- look, appearance, semblance, aspect, the way a person or thing looks to other people
- Synonym: كورونیش (görünüş)
- display, pomp, parade, fanfare, any ostentatious ceremony or show of magnificence
- demonstration, the act of demonstrating, of showing or explaining something to the public
Derived terms
- نمایش ایتمك (nümayiş etmek, “to make a show”)
- نمایشكار (nümayişkâr, “show-off, displayer”)
- نمایشكاه (nümayişgâh, “exhibition place”)
- نمایشلی (nümayişli, “pompous”)
Descendants
- Turkish: nümayiş
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nümayiş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3575
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “nümâyiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1015
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نمایش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1287
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Ostensio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 1227
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نمایش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5257
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nümayiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نمایش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2104
Persian
Etymology
From نما (namâ, “to show”, verbal root) + ـش (-eš, noun-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /na.maː.ˈjiʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nä.mɑː.jɪʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ.mɒː.jeʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nä.mɔ.jiʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | namāyiš |
| Dari reading? | namāyiš |
| Iranian reading? | namâyeš |
| Tajik reading? | namoyiš |
Audio (Iran): (file) - Rhymes: -eʃ
Noun
| Dari | نمایش |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | намоиш |
نَمایِش • (namâyeš) (plural نمایشها)
Derived terms
- نمایش دادن (namâyeš dâdan, “to give a performance, to exhibit, to represent”)
- نمایشکار (namâyeškâr, “actor, performer”)
- نمایشگاه (namâyešgâh, “theater, exhibition place”)
- نمایشنامه (namâyeš-nâme, “playbook, script”)
- پیشنمایش (pêš-namâyeš, “preview”)
Related terms
- نمودن (nemudan, “to show, to exhibit”)
Descendants
Descendants
- → Armenian: նմուշ (nmuš)
- → Azerbaijani: nümayiş, nümüş
- → Gujarati: નુમાઈશ (numāīśa)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: नुमाइश (numāiś)
- Urdu: نمائش (numāiś)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: numayîş, nimayîş
- → Georgian: ნიმუში (nimuši)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نمایش (nümayiş)
- Turkish: nümayiş
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਨੁਮਾਇਸ਼ (numāiśa)
- Shahmukhi script: نمائش (numāiś)
- → Uyghur: نامايىش (namayish)
- → Uzbek: namoyish