nʾd

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Middle Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎭 (*n-d /⁠*nada-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *nad- (“to sound, make noise”) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nʾy (nā̆y), Manichaean Parthian (nd /⁠naδ⁠/, “pipe, flute; cane, rod”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nada (compare Sanskrit नड (naḍá, “a species of reed”), which underwent retroflexion due to substrate influence), from Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (compare Old Armenian նետ (net, “arrow”)).

Noun

nʾd • (nā̆y)

  1. reed, cane
  2. tube, flute, clarion
  3. pole, perch (10 feet)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Persian: نای (nây), نی (ney)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nay; nāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 276–277
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