निशान

See also: नाशन and निशाना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نشان (nišān), from an earlier نیشان (nīšān), from Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn' /⁠nīšān⁠/). Compare Assamese নিচান (nisan), Bengali নিশান (niśan), Gujarati નિશાન (niśān), Kannada ನಿಶಾನೆ (niśāne), Marathi निशाण (niśāṇ), Punjabi ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ (niśān) / نشان (niśān).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nɪ.ʃɑːn/, [nɪ.ʃä̃ːn]

Noun

निशान • (niśān) m (Urdu spelling نشان)

  1. mark, impression
  2. flag, standard
  3. vestige, monument
  4. trace, clue
  5. a scar

Declension

Declension of निशान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct निशान
niśān 		निशान
niśān
oblique निशान
niśān 		निशानों
niśānõ
vocative निशान
niśān 		निशानो
niśāno

Descendants

  • Tamil: நிஷானி (niṣāṉi)
  • Telugu: నిశాని (niśāni)

References

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