نبي

See also: نبی

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי (n'ḇī)), the root of which is cognate to the Arabic root ن ب ء (n-b-ʔ). Compare Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇīʔ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.bijj/
  • Rhymes: -ijj

Noun

نَبِيّ • (nabiyy) m (plural نَبِيُّون (nabiyyūn) or أَنْبِيَاء (ʔanbiyāʔ))

  1. prophet
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:163:
      إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ وَٱلنَّبِيِّينَ مِن بَعْدِهِ ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ وَعِيسَى وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَارُونَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ
      ʔinnā ʔawḥaynā ʔilayka kamā ʔawḥaynā ʔilā nūḥin wan-nabiyyīna min baʕdihī waʔawḥaynā ʔilā ʔibrāhīma waʔismāʕīla waʔisḥāqa wayaʕqūba wal-ʔasbāṭi waʕīsā waʔayyūba wayūnusa wahārūna wasulaymāna
      Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon

Declension
Declension of noun نَبِيّ (nabiyy)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبِي
nabī		 النَّبِي
an-nabī		 نَبِي
nabī
Nominative نَبِيٌّ
nabiyyun		 النَّبِيُّ
an-nabiyyu		 نَبِيُّ
nabiyyu
Accusative نَبِيًّا
nabiyyan		 النَّبِيَّ
an-nabiyya		 نَبِيَّ
nabiyya
Genitive نَبِيٍّ
nabiyyin		 النَّبِيِّ
an-nabiyyi		 نَبِيِّ
nabiyyi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبِيَّيْن
nabiyyayn		 النَّبِيَّيْن
an-nabiyyayn		 نَبِيَّيْ
nabiyyay
Nominative نَبِيَّانِ
nabiyyāni		 النَّبِيَّانِ
an-nabiyyāni		 نَبِيَّا
nabiyyā
Accusative نَبِيَّيْنِ
nabiyyayni		 النَّبِيَّيْنِ
an-nabiyyayni		 نَبِيَّيْ
nabiyyay
Genitive نَبِيَّيْنِ
nabiyyayni		 النَّبِيَّيْنِ
an-nabiyyayni		 نَبِيَّيْ
nabiyyay
Plural sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبِيِّين‎; أَنْبِيَاء
nabiyyīn‎; ʔanbiyāʔ		 النَّبِيِّين‎; الْأَنْبِيَاء
an-nabiyyīn‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔ		 نَبِيِّي‎; أَنْبِيَاء
nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔ
Nominative نَبِيُّونَ‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ
nabiyyūna‎; ʔanbiyāʔu		 النَّبِيُّونَ‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءُ
an-nabiyyūna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔu		 نَبِيُّو‎; أَنْبِيَاءُ
nabiyyū‎; ʔanbiyāʔu
Accusative نَبِيِّينَ‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ
nabiyyīna‎; ʔanbiyāʔa		 النَّبِيِّينَ‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءَ
an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔa		 نَبِيِّي‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ
nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔa
Genitive نَبِيِّينَ‎; أَنْبِيَاءَ
nabiyyīna‎; ʔanbiyāʔa		 النَّبِيِّينَ‎; الْأَنْبِيَاءِ
an-nabiyyīna‎; al-ʔanbiyāʔi		 نَبِيِّي‎; أَنْبِيَاءِ
nabiyyī‎; ʔanbiyāʔi

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • نَبَوِيّ (nabawiyy)

Descendants
  • → Bengali: নবী (nobi)
  • → Fula: annabi
  • → Hausa: ànnabī̀
  • → Hindustani:
  • → Malay: nabi
  • → Northern Kurdish: nebî
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نبی
  • → Persian: نبی (nabi)
  • → Pashto: نبي (nabi)
  • → Swahili: nabii
  • → Tamil: நபி (napi)
  • → Tausug: nabi

References
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy), from Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי (n'ḇī)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naˈbi/

Noun

نبي • (nabi) m

  1. (religion) prophet
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