nihan

Compare Old Javanese nihan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

nihan

1. this is; here be; thus, in this way (as follows)
   • c. 14th century, Kawali inscription:

     nihan tapak walar nu saṅ hyaṅ mulia...

     This is the footprint of His Majesty...

   • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:

     Ndĕh nihan Carita Parahyaṅan.

     Truly, this is the Tale of Parahyangan...

   • c. 15th century, Amanat Galunggung:

     Nihan tĕmbĕy sakakala Rahyaṅ Baṅṅa...

     Thus, here is the beginning of the tradition concerning the descendants of Rahyang Banga.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نهان (nihân), from Classical Persian نِهَان (nihān).

• IPA^(key): /niˈhan/
• Hyphenation: ni‧han

nihan

1. (obsolete) secret, hidden

   Synonyms: gizli, saklı

• “nihan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “nihan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “nihan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük