nisnas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِسْنَاس (nisnās) ultimately.

Noun

nisnas (plural nisnases)

  1. Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus, the eastern subspecies of patas monkey.

Anagrams

Salar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nisnɑs/

Noun

nisnas

  1. (medicine) common cold
    Synonym: soq
    Aña nisnas degmiş.
    S/he caught a cold.

References

  • 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008), 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar Proverbs]‎[1], China Salar Youth League, page 48
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “nisnas”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 191