Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Persian نسا (nesâ)

Proper noun edit

نِسَا، نَسَا (nisā, nasā?

  1. (archaic, historical) a town in Fars
  2. (archaic, historical) a place in Hamadan
  3. (archaic, historical) a place in Kerman
  4. (archaic, historical) a place in Khurasan

References edit

  • Rüdiger Schmitt (2002), "NISĀYA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ).

Noun edit

نسا (nisa)

  1. women (collectively)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: nisa

References edit