See also: نيشان

Arabic

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Etymology

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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

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نَيْسَان (naysānm

  1. April (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: نیسان (nisan)
    • Turkish: nisan
    • Northern Kurdish: nîsan
  • Persian: نَیسان (neysân)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic نَيْسَان (naysān), from Classical Syriac ܢܝܣܢ (nīsan).

Noun

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نيسان (nīsānm

  1. (formal) April
    Synonym: شهر أربعة (šahr ʔarbaʕa)

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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)
  NODES
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