نای
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- نی (ney)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian nʾd (nāy, “reed, cane; tube, pipe, flute, clarion”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit नड (naḍá)), from Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (“reed”); See Old Armenian նետ (net, “arrow”) for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [nɑːj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [nɒːj]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nɔj]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | nāy |
Dari reading? | nāy |
Iranian reading? | nây |
Tajik reading? | noy |
Noun
[edit]Dari | نای |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ной |
نای • (nây)
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نای”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul