نهایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِهَايَة (nihāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ni.hɑː.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑː.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ne̞.ɦɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔː.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.ɦɒː.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.ɦɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nihāyat
Dari reading?	nehāyat
Iranian reading?	nehâyat
Tajik reading?	nehoyat

Noun

نهایت • (nehâyat)

1. end, extremity

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نهایت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نهایت”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press