نشان nishān
P نشان nishān [imperat. & act. part. of nishāndan, caus. of nishastan, rt. Zend ni + had = S. निषद् (i.e. ni+sad)], part. adj. Seating, settling, establishing, fixing, planting; impressing; marking; allaying, &c. (used as last member of compounds, e.g. ḵẖāt̤ir-nishān, 'impressing the mind':—ḥarārat-nishān, 'heat-allaying');—s.m. Sign; signal; mark, impression; character; seal, stamp; proof; trace, vestige;—a trail; clue;—place of residence (of a person), whereabouts;—a scar, cicatrice;—a mark, butt, target (more com. nishāna);—note; index; type, emblem, device; order, badge;—ensign, flag, banner, standard, colours;—family arms, armorial bearings;—letter of a prince:—nishān-bar dār, s.m. A standard-bearer:—nishān-paṭṭī, s.f. A descriptive list or roll (of fugitives, or deserters, &c.):—nishān-paṛnā, v.n. The mark or trace, &c. (of anything) to be left:—nishān-dār, s.m. A standard-bearer, an ensign, a cornet;—adj. Marked, signed;—possessing armorial bearings:—nishān-děh, adj. & s.m. Pointing out, indicating;—one who (or what) points out or indicates; indicator; index:—nishān-dihī, s.f. The pointing out, indication:—nishān ḍālnā (-meṅ), To make a mark (in, or on), to mark, &c. (i.q. nishān karnā, q.v.):—nishān-ě-saudāgarī, s.m. Trade-mark:—nishān karnā (-meṅ), To make a mark (in or on), to mark; to make a sign or signal;—to stamp, impress;—to sign, witness (a deed, &c.):—pānī-par tairne-wālā nishān, A buoy:—samundarī nishān, s.m. A sea-mark.
