See also: نے and ني

Baluchi edit

Adverb edit

نی ()

  1. now

See also edit

Brahui edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Dravidian *nīn.

Pronoun edit

نی ()

  1. you (singular)

Khalaj edit

Pronoun edit

نَی (nəy)

  1. Arabic spelling of nəy (what)

Adverb edit

نَی (nəy)

  1. Arabic spelling of nəy (why)

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian KNYA / nʾd (nay, reed, cane), nʾd (nāy, tube, flute, clarion); see نای (nây) for more.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nay
Dari reading? nay
Iranian reading? ney
Tajik reading? nay

Noun edit

Dari نی
Iranian Persian
Tajik най

نی (ney) (plural نی‌ها (ney-hâ))

  1. reed
  2. cane
  3. straw
  4. ney
  5. flute
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nay; nāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58

Etymology 2 edit

See نه (na).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading? ni
Tajik reading? ne

Adverb edit

Dari نه, نی
Iranian Persian نه
Tajik на

نی (ni, nê)

  1. (chiefly Dari or archaic) no

Ushojo edit

Noun edit

نی ()

  1. negation

Adverb edit

نی ()

  1. not

Noun edit

نی ()

  1. no