Nihal
English
editProper noun
editNihal
- Beta Leporis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Lepus.
Turkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish نهال (nihāl, “a sapling, offshoot”),[1][2][3] from Persian نهال (nehâl, nahâl).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editNihal
- a female given name from Persian
References
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نهال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2114
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نهال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1293
- ^ Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “نهال”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1477
Further reading
edit- “Nihal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nihal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3545
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- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish female given names
- Turkish female given names from Persian