निशाण

Marathi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Middle Persian nyšʾn'
    Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān)bor.
    Marathi निशाण (niśāṇ)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَان (nišān),

    Cognates

    Compare Gujarati નિશાન (niśān), Kannada ನಿಶಾನೆ (niśāne), Hindustani نِشان / निशान (niśān), Punjabi ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ / نِشان (niśān), Bengali নিশান (niśan).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ni.ɕaɳ/
    • Rhymes: -aɳ
    • Hyphenation: नि‧शाण

    Noun

    निशाण • (niśāṇ) n[1][2][3]

    1. flag, banner
      Synonyms: झेंडा (jheṇḍā), ध्वज (dhvaj), पताका (patākā)
    2. target
      Synonym: ध्येय (dhyey)

    References

    More information
    1. ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “निशाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 80
    2. ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “निशाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 473
    3. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “निशाण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1876
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