Nima ( fa, نیما) is a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

male given name popular in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. It is also a popular female given name in India meaning "

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

" and is derivative of the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

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Purnima Pūrṇimā () is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. The day of Purnima is the day (''Tithi'') in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (paksha), and the Moon is aligned exa ...

", meaning "full" (pur) + "moon" (nima). It also has a meaning in old

Tabari ( ar, أبو جعفر محمد بن جرير بن يزيد الطبري), more commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Muslim historian and scholar from Amol, Tabaristan. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari ...

or Mazandarani, which is "chosen archer" and also simply "archer".

Etymology

Persian

There are different interpretations of what "Nima" stands for in

. It could mean 'famous, renowned', deriving from

Middle Persian Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle ...

''nāmik'' (''nām'' 'name' + ''-ik'' 'adjective suffix'; 'a person of good name'). It could also mean 'half moon', a compound of ''nīm'' 'half' + ''māh'' 'moon'. Alternatively it could be a compound of ''nē'' 'no, not' + ''man'' 'I, me, human being' meaning 'no man'. According to Dehkhoda dictionary it could also mean 'just', 'someone who treats others fairly'.

In other languages

In Tibetan ''Nima'' (also spelled as "Nyima") is also a female or male given name which means 'the sun', also the one with radiance of the Sun. And in

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

as a female given name it means 'grace, mercy'.

People

People named Nima include: * Nima (politician) (born 1978/1979), Bhutanese politician * Nima Arkani Hamed, Iranian-American-Canadian *

Nima Fakhrara Nima Fakhrara aka Nima Fahrara, (born Amir Nima Fkhrara; 12 November 1983 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian film composer. He is based in Los Angeles. Filmography (Composer) References External links Official website
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, Iranian film composer * Nima Nakisa, Iranian footballer * Nima Qavidel, Iranian footballer * Nima Gholam Ali Pour (born 1981), Iranian-born Swedish journalist and politician * Nima Rumba, a singer from Nepal *

Nima Yooshij Nimā Yushij ( fa, نیما یوشیج) (11 November 1895 – 4 January 1960), also called Nimā (), born Ali Esfandiāri (), was an Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularized, called ''she'r-e now'' (, lit. "new p ...

, contemporary Persian and Tabarian poet

Etymology

Persian

In other languages

People

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