نهان
Arabic
Verb
نهان (form IV)
- نُهَانُ (nuhānu) /nu.haː.nu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
- نُهَانَ (nuhāna) /nu.haː.na/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نِهَان (nihān).
Adjective
نهان • (nhān /nihān/) (comparative نهانراق (/nihānraq/))
- secret, hidden, concealed
- Synonyms: پنهان (pnhān /pinhān/), مخفی (mxfy /mäxfī/), نهفت (nhft /nühüft/), یاشورون (yāšwrwn /yašurun/), کیزلی (kyzly /kizli/), کیزلانچو (kyzlānčw /kizlänčü/), مستور (mstwr /mästūr/)
- نهان قالماق ― nhān qālmāq /nihān qalmaq/ ― to remain secret
- نهان توتماق ― nhān twtmāq /nihān tutmaq/ ― to keep secret
- نهان بولماق ― nhān bwlmāq /nihān bolmaq/ ― to become secret
- نهان اولماق ― nhān ʾwlmāq /nihān olmaq/ ― to become secret
Derived terms
- نهان ایتماک (nhān ʾytmāk /nihān etmäk/, “to hide, conceal”)
- نهان ایلاماک (nhān ʾylāmāk /nihān äylämak/, “to hide, conceal”)
- نهان قیلماق (nhān qylmāq /nihān qılmaq/, “to hide, conceal”)
- نهانخانه (secret place /nihānxānä/)
- نهانه (nhānh /nihānä/, “secret”)
- نهانی (secrect /nihānī/)
- نهانلیق (nhān-lyq /nihānlıq/, “secrecy”)
- نهانکار (secret servant /nihānkār/)
Descendants
- Uzbek: nihon
Further reading
- Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language][1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 696
- Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 846
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نِهَان (nihān).
Adjective
نهان • (nihân)
- secret, hidden, concealed
- Synonyms: كزلو (gizlü), پنهان (pinhân), مخفی (mahfî), نهفت (nühüft), مستور (mestûr)
- نهان اولمق ― nihân olmak ― to be hidden
- c. 1531, Muhyî, translated by Okuyucu, Cihan and Yazar, Sadık, ترجمهٔ ابتدانامه [tercüme-i ibtidānāme, Translation of İbtidâ-Nâme], Ankara: Turkish Language Association, published 2018, →ISBN, page 2a:
- اُولْكِه دَایِمْ جَلْوَه اَیْلَرْ آشِكَارَا وُ نِهَانْ
خَاصُ و عَامَهْ قُدْرَتْيلَه زِی كَرِیم مُسْتَعَانْ- olki dâyim cilve eyler âşikârâ vü nihân
hâs û ʿâma kudretile zî kerîm [û] müsteʿân - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- olki dâyim cilve eyler âşikârâ vü nihân
Noun
نهان • (nihân) (definite accusative نهانی (nihanı), plural نهانلر (nihânlar))
Derived terms
- نهان ایتمك (nihân etmek, “to hide”)
- نهان ایلمك (nihân eylemek, “to hide”)
- نهانجه (nihânce, “little secret”)
- نهانخانه (nihânhâne, “hiding place; private, secret room”)
- نهاندار (nihândâr, “secret-keeper”)
- نهاندان (nihândân, “place where things can be hidden”)
- نهانی (nihânî, “private, privacy”)
Descendants
- Turkish: nihan
Further reading
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nihan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “نهان”, in Türk argosu: İnceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)[2] (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 999
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نهان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2114
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nyhʾn' /nihān/, “concealment, secrecy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ni.ˈhaːn/, /na.ˈhaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːn], [nä.ɦɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ne.ɦɒːn], [næ.ɦɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ni.ɦɔn], [nä.ɦɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nihān, nahān |
| Dari reading? | nehān, nahān |
| Iranian reading? | nehân, nahân |
| Tajik reading? | nihon, nahon |
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Adjective
نهان • (nahân or nehân)
Derived terms
- نهان کردن (nahân kardan)
- نهانی (nahâni)
Derived terms
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nihān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59