فیضان

See also: فيضان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَيَضَان (fayaḍān, flood, inundation).

Noun

فیضان • (feyezân) (definite accusative فیضانی (feyezânı), plural فیضانلر (feyezânlar))

  1. overflow, flood, the state of a river or similar watercourse during which the flow exceeds the average capacity

Derived terms

  • فیضان نیل (feyezân-ı nil, abundance, plentifulness, literally Nile's overflow)

Descendants

  • Turkish: feyezan

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَیضَان (fayzān), from Arabic فَيْضَان (fayḍān). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi فیضان (fyẓan).[1]

Noun

فَیضان • (faizānm (Hindi spelling फ़ैज़ान)

  1. favour, beneficence, good influence, bounty

Declension

Declension of فیضان
singular plural
direct فَیضَان (faizān) فَیضَان (faizān)
oblique فَیضَان (faizān) فَیضَانوں (faizānõ)
vocative فَیضَان (faizān) فَیضَانو (faizāno)

Proper noun

فَیضان • (faizānm (Hindi spelling फ़ैज़ान)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

References

  1. ^ فیضان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • فیضان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فيض”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 468