Nima () 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 (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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

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" and is derivative of the

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

given name "

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 exac ...

", meaning "full" (pur) + "moon" (nima). It also has a meaning in old 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, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

''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

Tibetan Tibetan may mean: * of, from, or related to Tibet * Tibetan people, an ethnic group * Tibetan language: ** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard ** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...

''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 (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

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

People

People named Nima include: *

Nima (politician) Nima (Dzongkha: ཉི་མ།) is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Council of Bhutan, since May 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Council of Bhutan from 2013 to 2018. Education He holds a Master of Ar ...

(born 1978/1979), Bhutanese politician * Nima Arkani Hamed, Iranian-American-Canadian theoretical physicist * Nima Fakhrara, Iranian film composer * Nima Nakisa, Iranian footballer * Nima Qavidel, Iranian footballer * Nima Gholam Ali Pour (born 1981), Iranian-born Swedish journalist and politician * Nima Momeni, arrestee in the 2023 death of businessman Bob Lee *

Nima Rumba Nima Rumba is a singer, lyricist, musician, and actor from Nepal. Some of his popular songs are ''Block Hill'', ''Huri Bataas'', ''Samjhera Ti din Haru'', ''Aau Aauna'', and ''Preeti Basyo''. Personal life Nima was born in Subarnapur, Parsa ...

, a singer from Nepal *

Nima Yooshij Nima Yooshij or Nimā Yushij (; 11 November 1895 – 6 January 1960), also called Nimā (), born Ali Esfandiari (), was a prominent Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularised, called ''she'r-e now'' (, lit. "new po ...

, contemporary Persian and Tabarian poet

Etymology

Persian

In other languages

People

See also