ნიშანი

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Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ნიშანი (nišani), from Middle Iranian. See Persian نشان (nešân) for more. Some senses that are absent in Iranian may have been a semantic loan from Armenian նշան (nšan).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niʃani/
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧შა‧ნი

Noun

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ნიშანი (nišani) (plural ნიშნები)

  1. sign, mark, symbol
  2. precursor, omen
  3. Synonym of ნიშან-წყალი (nišan-c̣q̇ali)
  4. signal (an indication given to another person)
  5. brand (a name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a one from another)
  6. stamp, mark, brand
  7. mark (estimation of academic achievement)
  8. target
  9. (obsolete) a ring or other jewellery given to a then-bride by then-husband

Inflection

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ნიშანი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ნიშანი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 332b