نبی

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Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? naḇī
Dari reading? nabī
Iranian reading? nabi
Tajik reading? nabi

Noun

Dari نبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik набӣ

نبی (nabi)

  1. prophet

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian (npyk /⁠nibēg⁠/, writing, scripture, book). Doublet of نوی (nuwī, niwī) and نپی (nupī, nipī); see نوشتن (neveštan, to write) for more.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? nuḇī, niḇī
Dari reading? nubī, nibī
Iranian reading? nobi, nebi
Tajik reading? nubi, nibi

Noun

Dari نبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik нибӣ

نبی (nebi or nobi)

  1. (obsolete) codex, scripture, book
    Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)
  2. (archaic) Qur'an
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 2548:
      در نبی آورد جبریل امین / شرح این زانو زدن را جاثمین
      dar nubī âward Jibrīl-i amīn / šarh-i ēn zânū-zadan râ jâsimīn
      Gabriel, the trusted, brought in the Qur'an the description of this kneeling játhimín