nʾd

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Middle Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Persian *𐎴𐎭 (*n-d /⁠*nada-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *nad- (to sound, make noise) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nʾy (nā̆y), Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (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

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nʾd (nā̆y)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Persian: نای (nây), نی (ney)

References

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  • 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