نهان

Arabic

Verb

نهان (form IV)

1. نُهَانُ (nuhānu) /nu.haː.nu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)
2. نُهَانَ (nuhāna) /nu.haː.na/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of أَهَانَ (ʔahāna)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nyhʾn' /⁠nihān⁠/, “concealment, secrecy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.hɑːn], [na.hɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːn], [nä.ɦɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑːn], [nä.ɦɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑːn], [nɑːɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔːn], [nɔːɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒːn], [næ.ɦɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔn], [nä.ɦɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	nihān, nahān
Dari reading?	nehān, nahān
Iranian reading?	nehân, nahân
Tajik reading?	nehon, nahon

• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

نهان • (nahân or nehân)

1. hidden, secret, arcane

   Synonyms: پنهان (penhân), مخفی (maxfi), پوشیده (pušide), نپیدا (napeydâ)

   Antonyms: پیدا (peydâ), آشکار (âškâr)

Derived terms

• نهان کردن (nahân kardan)
• نهانی (nahâni)

 

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nihān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 59