ניסן

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Aramaic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum), from Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).

Proper noun

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נִיסָן (nīsānm

  1. (Judaism) Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar)

Descendants

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  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
  • Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)
  • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)

References

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  • nysn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 906

Hebrew

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Etymology

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From Akkadian 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum), from Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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נִיסָן (nisánm

  1. (Judaism) Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar)
    • Tanach, Nehemiah 2:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיְהִי בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא־הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָיו׃
      Vayhí b-ḥódesh Nisan shnat 'esrím l-Artaḥshást' ha-mélekh yáyin l'fanáv va-esá et ha-yáyin va-etná la-mélekh v-lo hayíti ra' l'fanáv.
      And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Pesachim 4:9:
      עִבֵּר נִיסָן בְּנִיסָן, וְלֹא הוֹדוּ לוֹ:
      'Ibér Nisán b-Nisán, v-lo hodu lo.
      He intercalated Nisan in Nisan, and they did not condone him.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 11a:
      רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: בְּנִיסָן נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בְּנִיסָן נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת, בְּנִיסָן מֵתוּ אָבוֹת
      Rabbí Yehoshúa' omér: B-Nisán nivrá ha-'olám, b-Nisán noldú avót, b-Nisán métu avót.
      Rabbi Yehoshua says: In Nisan the world was created, in Nisan the patriarchs were born, in Nisan the patriarchs died.
  2. a male given name

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Yiddish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German niesen, from Old High German niosan, from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, a variant of *fneusaną. Cognate with German niesen, Dutch niezen, English sneeze.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ניסן (nisn) (past participle גענאָסן (genosn))

  1. to sneeze
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Etymology 2

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From Hebrew נִיסָן.

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Noun

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ניסן (nisnm

  1. (Judaism) Nisan (the seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar)
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