ꠘꠛꠤ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نبی (nabī), from Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy), from Aramaic. Cognate with Hindi नबी (nabī), Urdu نبی (nabī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔbi/

Noun

ꠘꠛꠤ • (nobi)

1. prophet

Derived terms

• ꠘꠛꠤꠎꠤ (nobizi)
• ꠘꠛꠤꠞꠍꠥꠟ (nobirosúl)

 

Related terms

• ꠞꠍꠥꠟ (rosúl)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: নবী (nobi)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “nobi”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 284.