نيسان
See also: نيشان
Arabic
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum) through Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan), but ultimately from Sumerian 𒉠 (nisag̃). Cognate with Hebrew נִיסָן (nisan, “Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).
Proper noun
نَيْسَان • (naysān) m
- April (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | نَيْسَان naysān |
— |
| nominative | — | نَيْسَانٌ naysānun |
— |
| accusative | — | نَيْسَانًا naysānan |
— |
| genitive | — | نَيْسَانٍ naysānin |
— |
Descendants
See also
- (month): Previous: آذَار (ʔāḏār). Next: أَيَّار (ʔayyār)
- رَبِيع الْآخِر (rabīʕ al-ʔāḵir)
- أَبْرِيل (ʔabrīl)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān), from Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan).
Noun
نيسان • (nīsān) m
See also
| Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni) |
شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ) |
شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār) |
شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār) |
شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān) |
شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz) |
شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb) |
| September | October | November | December |
| شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl) |
شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal) |
شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni) |
شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal) |