ניסן

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannu), from Sumerian 𒌗𒁇 (ITI.BAR).

Proper noun

נִיסָן (nīsān) m

  1. Nisan: the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), after Adar and before Iyar.

Descendants

  • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
    • Arabic: نيسان (naysān)
    • Ottoman Turkish: نیسان
      • Turkish: nisan
      • Northern Kurdish: nîsan
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
  • Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)

References

  • nysn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 906

Hebrew

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒌗𒁈 (itinissani), from Sumerian 𒌗𒁇 (ITI.BAR).

Proper noun

נִיסָן (nisán) m

  1. Nisan: the seventh month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), after Adar and before Iyar.
  2. a male given name

See also

Yiddish

Etymology 1

From Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną.

Verb

ניסן (nisn) (past participle גענאָסן (genosn))

  1. to sneeze
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Hebrew נִיסָן.

Noun

ניסן (nisn) m

  1. Nisan (seventh month)
See also
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