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

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “निशान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press