Nisan (disambiguation)
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Nisan (or Nissan; Hebrew: נִיסָן, Standard Nīsan, Tiberian Nīsān; from Akkadian: 𒌗𒁈𒍠𒃻 Nisanu) in the Hebrew and Babylonian calendars is the month of the barley ripening and first month of spring.
Nisan may also refer to:
Culture[edit]
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- Nišan - in Islamic sepulchral culture in Serbo-Croatian nišan is a Muslim tombstone (from Ottoman Turkish نشان (nişan), from Persian نشان (nešân))
Given name[edit]
Hebrew given name[edit]
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Turkish given name[edit]
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- Nişan Şirinyan , Turkish Armenian actor
- Nişan Yaubyan, Turkish-Armenian architect and lecturer.
Other[edit]
- Nisan (Nishan), the character from Manchu folklore, Tale of the Nisan Shaman