نهان

Arabic

Verb

نهان (form IV)

نُهَانُ (nuhānu) /nu.haː.nu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
نُهَانَ (nuhāna) /nu.haː.na/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nyhʾn' /⁠nihān⁠/, “concealment, secrecy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ni.ˈhaːn/, /na.ˈhaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːn], [nä.ɦɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑːn], [nɑːɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔːn], [nɔːɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒːn], [næ.ɦɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔn], [nä.ɦɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nihān, nahān
Dari reading^?	nehān, nahān
Iranian reading^?	nehân, nahân
Tajik reading^?	nihon, nahon

Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

نهان • (nahân or nehân)

hidden, secret, arcane
Synonyms: پنهان (penhân), مخفی (maxfi), پوشیده (pušide), نپیدا (napeydâ)

Antonyms: پیدا (peydâ), آشکار (âškâr)

Derived terms

نهان کردن (nahân kardan)
نهانی (nahâni)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nihān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59