پای

See also: بای, باى, and پاي

Azerbaijani

Noun

پای (pay) (definite accusative پایی, plural پایلار)

1. Arabic spelling of pay

Declension

Declension of پای

	singular	plural
nominative	پای	پایلار
definite accusative	پایێ	پایلارێ
dative	پایا	پایلارا
locative	پایدا	پایلاردا
ablative	پایدان	پایلاردان
definite genitive	پایێن	پایلارێن

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔj]

Readings
Classical reading?	pāy
Dari reading?	pāy
Iranian reading?	pây
Tajik reading?	poy

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐬞𐬣 (pāy), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (pād(a)), from Proto-Iranian *pā́dah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́das, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”).

Alternative forms

• پا (pâ)

Noun

Dari	پای
Iranian Persian
Tajik	пой

پای • (pây)

1. foot

Derived terms

• پایگاه (pây-gâh)
• پایتخت (pây-taxt)

Etymology 2

From English pie.

Noun

پای • (pây)

1. pie