نوشین

See also: نوسین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (anōšēn, “ambrosial, sweet”), from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱 (anōš, “ambrosia”) + [script needed] (-ēn), from Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal”), from Proto-Iranian *an-auša- (“immortal”). Compare انوشه (anōša / anuše, “immortal”) and نوشیدن (nōšīdan / nušidan, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /noː.ˈʃiːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [noː.ʃíːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [noː.ʃíːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.ʃín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nuː.ʃíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɵ.ʃín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nōšīn
Dari reading^?	nōšīn
Iranian reading^?	nušin
Tajik reading^?	nüšin

Adjective

نوشین • (nōšīn / nušin) (Tajik spelling нӯшин)

sweet; pleasant

Proper noun

نوشین • (nōšīn / nušin) (Tajik spelling Нӯшин)

a female given name, Noushin, Noshin, Nooshin, Nosheen, or Nushin, from Middle Persian

References

Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾnwšyn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols