Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nisan

/niːˈsɑːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: nisan
IPA: /niːˈsɑːn/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar.

Example Sentences

"Micky Vayner shrugged; as far as he knew, it was, by the lunar calendar, an ordinary day in the month of Nisan."

Etymology

From Hebrew נִיסָן (nisán).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: נִיסָן

Synonyms

nissan

Rhymes With

gone iran pakistan jan dan jean khan juan xi'an san juan milan taiwan

Questions

How do you pronounce nisan?: The recorded pronunciation is /niːˈsɑːn/.
What does nisan mean?: The seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar.
Where does nisan come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce nisan

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