نسا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِسَا (nisā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.saː/, /na.saː/

Proper noun

نِسَا or نَسَا • (nisā or nasā? (historical)

  1. a town in Fars
  2. a place in Hamadan
  3. a place in Kerman
  4. a place in Khurasan

References

  • Rüdiger Schmitt (2002), "NISĀYA" in Encyclopaedia Iranica

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ).

Noun

نسا • (nisa)

  1. women (collectively)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nisa

References

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian نسا (nisā), from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ).

Noun

نِسا • (nisāf pl (indeclinable, Hindi spelling निसा)

  1. women
    Synonym: خَواتِین (xavātīn)

Noun

نِسا • (nisāf (indeclinable, Hindi spelling निसा)

  1. the female sex, womankind
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸 (nisā), from Sanskrit निशा (niśā). Doublet of نِس (nis) and نِشا (niśā).

Noun

نِسا • (nisāf (Hindi spelling निसा)

  1. night
    Synonyms: رات (rāt), رَین (rain), شَب (śab), لَیل (lail)
Derived terms
  • نِسا چَر (nisā car, nocturnal)
  • نِسا کَر (nisā kar, the moon)

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884), “نسا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • نسا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.