نی

See also: نے and ني

Baluchi

Adverb

نی • (ní)

now

Brahui

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *nīn.

Pronoun

نی (nī)

you (singular)

Khalaj

Pronoun

نَی (nəy)

Arabic spelling of nəy (“what”)

Adverb

نَی (nəy)

Arabic spelling of nəy (“why”)

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

نای (nây)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naj]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näj]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näj]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nej]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näj]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	نی
Dari	نی
Tajik	най

نی • (ney) (plural نی‌ها (ney-hâ))

Derived terms

نیزار (neyzâr)
نیستان (neyestân)
نی‌زن (ney-zan)
نی‌ساز (ney-sâz)
نی‌لبک (ney-labak)
سرنای (sornây)

References

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

Etymology 2

See (na).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [neː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [neː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [neː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ne]

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

Adverb


Dari	نه, نی
Iranian Persian	نه
Tajik	не

نی • (ni, nê)

((Standard) Tajiki, chiefly Dari, otherwise archaic) no

Ushojo

Noun

نی (nī)

negation

Adverb

نی (nī)

not

Noun

نی (nī)

no

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