نیش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Niš/Ниш.

Proper noun

نیش • (niş)

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

Descendants
  • Turkish: Niş

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

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

نیش • (niš)

  1. sting, bite
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