نی
Baluchi edit
Adverb edit
نی • (ní)
See also edit
Brahui edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Dravidian *nīn.
Pronoun edit
نی (nī)
- you (singular)
Khalaj edit
Pronoun edit
نَی (nəy)
Adverb edit
نَی (nəy)
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
- نای (nây)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [naj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [nej]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [näj]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nay |
Dari reading? | nay |
Iranian reading? | ney |
Tajik reading? | nay |
Noun edit
Dari | نی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | най |
نی • (ney) (plural نیها (ney-hâ))
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [neː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [niː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ne]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nē |
Dari reading? | nē |
Iranian reading? | ni |
Tajik reading? | ne |
Adverb edit
Dari | نه, نی |
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Iranian Persian | نه |
Tajik | на |
نی • (ni, nê)
Ushojo edit
Noun edit
نی (nī)
Adverb edit
نی (nī)
Noun edit
نی (nī)