نویس

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈwiːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.wíːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.wíːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.wíːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.wís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.víːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.vís]

Readings
Classical reading?	nawīs
Dari reading?	nawīs
Iranian reading?	navis
Tajik reading?	navis

Verb

نویس • (navis, nevis)

1. present stem form of نوشتن

Descendants

• → Urdu: نویس (navīs)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian نویس (navīs, “writer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.ʋiːs/

Noun

نویس • (navīs) ?

1. (suffix) writer
2. spy, secret agent

Declension

Declension of نویس
	singular	plural
direct	نویس (navīs)	نویس (navīs)
oblique	نویس (navīs)	نویسوں (navīsō̃)
vocative	نویس (navīs)	نویسو (navīsō)

Declension of نویس
	singular	plural
direct	نویس (navīs)	نویسیں (navīsẽ)
oblique	نویس (navīs)	نویسوں (navīsõ)
vocative	نویس (navīs)	نویسو (navīso)

References

• “نویس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نویس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نویس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “نویس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.