Girl, occasionally used for boys · Arabic (Persian and Urdu usage) · Muslim
Nishat
نشاطSay it ni-SHAAT
- Meaning today
- Joy, delight, happiness
- Original meaning
- "liveliness, cheerfulness; gladness, joy, delight" Steingass, p. 1402
- Say it
- ni-SHAAT
- Written
- نشاط
- Other spellings
- Nishaat, Nashat, Neshat
Nishat
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Nishat meaning
Nishat (نشاط) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Persian and Urdu usage).
Liveliness, cheerfulness; gladness, joy, delight
Also used to mean: happiness
Nishat (نشاط) is the Arabic nashāṭ, which Urdu speakers pronounce nishāṭ. Steingass's dictionary defines it as being brisk and lively, and as cheerfulness, gladness, glee, joy and delight; Lane gives the related adjective nashīṭ as brisk, lively or cheerful. Name lists give Nishat as "joy" or "delight", matching the dictionary. The best-known use of the word in India is Nishat Bagh, the Mughal "Garden of Joy" on the shore of Dal Lake in Srinagar. The name is mainly given to girls, though it is occasionally used for boys.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1402 · entry nashāṭ (نشاط) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, nashāṭ, p. 1402 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, nashīṭ, p. 2797 · Wikipedia, Nishat Bagh
Spellings
Nishat · Nishaat · Nashat · Neshat