نسیم

See also: نسئم

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيم (nasīm).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? nasīm
    Dari reading? nasīm
    Iranian reading? nasim
    Tajik reading? nasim

    Noun

    Dari نسیم
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik насим

    نسیم • (nasim)

    1. breeze
      نسیم بهاری ― nasim-e bahâri ― spring breeze

    Proper noun

    Dari نسیم
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik Насим

    نسیم • (nasim)

    1. a male or female given name, Nasim or Nassim, from Arabic

    Urdu

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    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic نَسِيم (nasīm)bor.
    Classical Persian نَسِیم (nasīm)bor.
    Urdu نَسِیم

      Borrowed from Classical Persian نَسِیم (nasīm), borrowed from Arabic نَسِيم (nasīm).[1][2] First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi نسیم (nsym /⁠nasīm⁠/).[3]

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.siːm/
      • Rhymes: -iːm
      • Hyphenation: نَ‧سِیم

      Noun

      نَسِیم • (nasīm) f (Hindi spelling नसीम) (chiefly poetic)

      1. a gentle breeze; morning breeze; zephyr
        • 1989, اَخْتَر حُسَین رائے پُوری [axtar husain rāe pūrī], ڈاکْٹَر اَخْتَر حُسَین رائے پُوری کے اَفْسانے [ḍākṭar axtar husain rāe pūrī ke afsāne, The Tales of Dr. Akhtar Hussain Raipuri]‎[1], page 30:
          نفرت اور محبت کی اس کشاکش کو دیکھنا ہے تو ایک گُل کو دیکھو جس کے ابھرنے اور کھلنے میں نسیم کی عطر بیزی کے ساتھ سورج کی جاں فزائی بھی شامل ہے۔
          nafrat aur muhabbat kī us kaśākaś ko dekhnā hai to ek gul ko dekho jis ke ubharne aur khilne mẽ nasīm kī 'itr bezī ke sāth sūraj kī jā̃ fizāī bhī śāmil hai.
          If you wish to see the perplexity of love and hate, then observe a flower, for in its rising and blooming involves the fragrant play of the breeze and the life-giving warmth of the sun.
      2. (religion, chiefly figuratively) grace; favor (of the Lord)
      3. (medicine, chemistry) oxygen[4]

      Declension

      Declension of نسیم
      singular plural
      direct نَسِیم (nasīm) نَسِیمیں (nasīmẽ)
      oblique نَسِیم (nasīm) نَسِیموں (nasīmõ)
      vocative نَسِیم (nasīm) نَسِیمو (nasīmo)

      Proper noun

      نَسِیم • (nasīm) m or f (Hindi spelling नसीम)

      1. a unisex given name, Naseem, from Arabic

      References

      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “نسيم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1139
      2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “نسيم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1773
      3. ^ “نسیم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      4. ^ Ghulam Nabi, Hakīm (1966), “نسيم”, in A Dictionary of Medical Term, West Pakistan Urdu Academy, Bahawalpur, page 356

      Further reading

      • “نسیم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نسيم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 641
      • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “نسيم”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1162
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