nîşan
Northern Kurdish
editEtymology
editCompare Persian نشان (nešân), Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn' /nīšān/, “sign, mark, banner”), Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (nyšʾn /nīšān/), Old Armenian loanword from Persian նշան (nšan). Compare Old Armenian նիշ (niš), Classical Syriac ܢܝܫܐ (nīšāʾ), Hebrew נֵס (nēs), loanwords from Iranian.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnîşan f (Arabic spelling نیشان)
Declension
editDeclension of nîşan
| Definite feminine gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | nîşan | nîşan | ||
| Construct | nîşana | nîşanên | ||
| Oblique | nîşanê | nîşanan | ||
| Demonstrative oblique | wê nîşanê | wan nîşanan | ||
| Vocative | nîşanê | nîşanino | ||
| Indefinite feminine gender | ||||
| Case | Singular | Plural | ||
| Nominative | nîşanek | nîşanin | ||
| Construct | nîşaneke | nîşanine | ||
| Oblique | nîşanekê | nîşaninan | ||