نیکی

Persian

Etymology

Compound of نیک (nik, “good”) +‎ ی (-i, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [neː.ˈkiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neː.kʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neː.kʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [neː.kʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.kʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niː.kʰʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ne.kʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	nēkī
Dari reading?	nēkī
Iranian reading?	niki
Tajik reading?	nekī

Noun

Dari	نیکی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	неки

نیکی • (niki)

1. 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.

2. fairness, beauty

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نیکی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نیکی (nēki, “goodness”)

Noun

نیکی • (nekī) f (Hindi spelling नेकी)

1. virtue, goodness

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نیکی (nekī).

Noun

نیکی (nekī)

1. goodness, virtue