نشانی

Persian

Etymology

نِشان (nešân) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.ʃɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʃɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.ʃɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ʃɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ʃɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	nišānī
Dari reading?	nišānī
Iranian reading?	nešâni
Tajik reading?	nišoni

Noun

نِشانی • (nešâni) (plural نشانی‌ها (nešâni-hâ))

1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake
2. post address

   Synonym: آدْرِس (âdres)

   نِشانیِ اِشْتِباه دادی. (informal, Iranian Persian) ― nešâni-ye eštebâh dâdi. ― You gave me the wrong address.

   نِشانیِ پُسْتِ اِلِکْتِرونیکِ شُما چیسْت؟ (formal, Iranian Persian)

   nešâni-ye post-e elekteronik-e šomâ čist?

   What is your email address?

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: निशानी (niśānī)

  Urdu: نِشانی (niśānī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَانِی (nišānī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ʃɑː.niː/

Noun

نِشانی • (niśānī) m (Hindi spelling निशानी)

1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake, bookmark
2. sign, omen

   قَیَامَت کی نِشانی ― qayāmat kī niśānī ― sign of doomsday

3. token, souvenir, memento, memorabilia
4. issue, offspring

   وُہ میری نِشانی ہَے ― vo merī niśānī hai ― he/she is my issue

Declension

Declension of نشانی
	singular	plural
direct	نشانی (niśānī)	نشانیاں (niśāniyā̃)
oblique	نشانی (niśānī)	نشانیوں (niśāniyō̃)
vocative	نشانی (niśānī)	نشانیو (niśāniyō)

Related terms

• نِشان (niśān)