نشانی

Persian

Etymology

نِشان (nešân) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation
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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʃɑː.níː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɪ.ʃɑː.níː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ni.ʃɔː.ní]

Readings
Classical reading? nišānī
Dari reading? nišānī
Iranian reading? nešâni
Tajik reading? nišoni

Noun

نِشانی • (nešâni) (plural نشانی‌ها (nešâni-hâ))

  1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake
  2. post address
    Synonym: آدْرِس (âdres)
    نِشانیِ اِشْتِباه دادی. (informal, Iranian Persian) ― nešâni-ye eštebâh dâdi. ― You gave me the wrong address.
    نِشانیِ پُسْتِ اِلِکْتِرونیکِ شُما چیسْت؟ (formal, Iranian Persian)
    nešâni-ye post-e elekteronik-e šomâ čist?
    What is your email address?

Descendants
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: निशानी (niśānī)
    Urdu: نِشانی (niśānī)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نِشَانِی (nišānī).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِشانی • (niśānī) m (Hindi spelling निशानी)

  1. memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake, bookmark
  2. sign, omen
    قَیَامَت کی نِشانی ― qayāmat kī niśānī ― sign of doomsday
  3. token, souvenir, memento, memorabilia
  4. issue, offspring
    وُہ میری نِشانی ہَے ― vo merī niśānī hai ― he/she is my issue

Declension
Declension of نشانی
singular plural
direct نشانی (niśānī) نشانیاں (niśāniyā̃)
oblique نشانی (niśānī) نشانیوں (niśāniyō̃)
vocative نشانی (niśānī) نشانیو (niśāniyō)
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