نیکی
Persian
editEtymology
editCompound of نیک (nik, “good”) + ی (-i, nominalizing suffix)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [neː.ˈkiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [niː.kʰʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ne.kʰí]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nēkī |
Dari reading? | nēkī |
Iranian reading? | niki |
Tajik reading? | neki |
Noun
editDari | نیکی |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | неки |
نیکی • (niki)
- goodness, kindness, beneficience
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3691:
- در شب بد رنگ بس نیکی بود
آب حیوان جفت تاریکی بود- dar šab-i bad rang bas nēkī buwad
āb-i haywan juft-i tārīkī buwad - In the evil-coloured night there is much good:
the Water of Life is the mate of darkness.
- dar šab-i bad rang bas nēkī buwad
- fairness, beauty
References
edit- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نیکی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian نیکی (nēki, “goodness”)
Noun
editUshojo
editEtymology
editNoun
editنیکی (nekī)
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