نهی

See also: نهي and نهى

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَهْي (nahy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nahj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɦj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɦj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɦj]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näɦj]

Readings
Classical reading?	nahy
Dari reading?	nahy
Iranian reading?	nahy
Tajik reading?	nahy

Noun

نَهْی • (nahy)

1. prohibition

   Synonyms: مَمنوعِیَّت (mamnu'iyyat), مَنع (man’)

   امر به معروف و نهی از منکر

   amr be ma'ruf o nahy az monkar

   enjoining good and forbidding wrong

   (a duty in Islam)

2. (grammar) the negative imperative

Derived terms

• نَهْی کَردَن (nahy kardan)