Nisan

Meanings

proper noun

JudaismThe seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar.
Micky Vayner shrugged; as far as he knew, it was, by the lunar calendar, an ordinary day in the month of Nisan.
2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 346

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

Similar

Nissan

Broader

Jewish calendar month

Also see

nissan

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Hebrewנִיסָן
EnglishNisan

From Hebrew נִיסָן (nisán).

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Translations

Arabic نَيْسَان

نَيْسَان (naysān)seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Czech nisan

nisanseventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Hebrew נִיסָן

נִיסָןseventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Indonesian Nisan

Nisanseventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Irish Níosán

Níosánseventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Persian نیسان

نیسان (nisân)seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Russian Нисан

Нисан (Nisan)seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Yiddish ניסן

ניסן (nisn)seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Nisan

jan listen gone dan Iran jean Taiwan Pakistan juan sudan Milan Oman Azerbaijan Avon nirvana Bhutan khan afghan yuan kan Rajasthan McMahon shaman Amman

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Anagrams

Sinan Annis Nansi

Cite this entry

APA

Nisan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nisan

MLA

“Nisan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nisan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nisan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nisan.

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