Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Niš/Ниш.

Proper noun edit

نیش (niş)

  1. Niš (a city in Nišava district, Serbia).

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: Niş

Further reading edit

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Niş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 581

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nēš), from Old Median, from Proto-Iranian *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Noun edit

نیش (niš)

  1. sting, bite

Related terms edit