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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian nydʾk' (niyāg, “grandfather; ancestor”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian nyʾg (niyāg).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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niyā
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| Dari reading?
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niyā
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| Iranian reading?
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niyâ
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| Tajik reading?
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niyo
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Noun
نیا • (niyâ) (plural نیاکان (niyâkân))
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نیا
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| Iranian Persian
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ниё
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- ancestor
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯𑀺𑀅 (ṇavia), from Sanskrit नविय (náviya), नव्य (návya) (whence Bhojpuri नया (nayā)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náwyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwyas (whence Kamkata-viri nuĩ), from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (whence English new). Doublet of نو (no).
Cognates include Punjabi نَوَاں / ਨਵਾਂ (navā̃) and Nepali नयाँ (nayā̃).
Pronunciation
Adjective
نیا • (nayā) (Hindi spelling नया)
- new
- Antonym: پرانا (purānā)
Declension
declension of نیا
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masculine
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feminine
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plural
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singular
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plural
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نیا (nayā)
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نئے (nae)
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نئی (naī)
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نئی (naī)
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| indirect
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نئے (nae)
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نئے (nae)
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نئی (naī)
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نئی (naī)
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| vocative
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نئے (nae)
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نئے (nae)
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نئی (naī)
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نئی (naī)
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References
- “نیا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “نیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.