نی

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See also: نے and ني

Baluchi

Adverb

نی • (ní)

  1. now

See also

Brahui

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *nīn.

Pronoun

نی (nī)

  1. you (singular)

Khalaj

Pronoun

نَی (nəy)

  1. Arabic spelling of nəy (“what”)

Adverb

نَی (nəy)

  1. Arabic spelling of nəy (“why”)

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari نی
Iranian Persian
Tajik най

نی • (ney) (plural نی‌ها (ney-hâ))

  1. reed
  2. cane
  3. straw
  4. ney
  5. flute
Derived terms

References

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 (nē), from Proto-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”).

Pronunciation

 

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

Adverb

Dari نه, نی
Iranian Persian نه
Tajik не, на

نی • (ni, nê)

  1. (chiefly Dari, Tajik, otherwise archaic) no

Ushojo

Noun

نی (nī)

  1. negation

Adverb

نی (nī)

  1. not

Noun

نی (nī)

  1. no
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