نیش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Niš/Ниш.

Proper noun

نیش • (niş)

1. Niš (a city in Nišava district, Serbia).

Descendants

• Turkish: Niş

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Niş”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 581

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nēš), from Old Median, from Proto-Iranian *náyjam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyȷ́žʰam.

Noun

نیش • (niš)

1. sting, bite

Related terms

• نیشتر (ništar)