نوی

See also: نوى, نوێ, نوے, and نوي

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *náwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas.

Compare Persian نو (now), Northern Kurdish nû, Ossetian ног (nog), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua); also Sanskrit नव (náva), Hindi नया (nayā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəwai/

Adjective

نوی • (nëway)

1. new

Declension

declension of نوی

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	نوی (nëway)	نوي (nëwi)		نوې (nëwe)	نوې (nëwe)
oblique	نوي (nëwi)	نوو (nëwo)		نوې (nëwe)	نوو (nëwo)
vocative	نويه نويې (nëwya nëwye)	نوو (nëwo)		نوې (nëwe)	نوو (nëwo)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npyk /⁠nibēg⁠/, “writing, scripture, book”). Doublet of نبی (nubī, nibī) and نپی (nupī, nipī); see نوشتن (neveštan, “to write”) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nu.wiː], [ ni.wiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.wiː], [ nɪ.wiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.wiː], [ nɪ.wiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊ.wiː], [ nɪ.wiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.wi], [ ni.wi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [no.viː], [ ne.viː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.vi], [ ni.vi]

Readings
Classical reading?	nuwī, niwī
Iranian reading?	novi, nevi
Tajik reading?	nuvi, nivi

Noun

Dari	نوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нивӣ

نوی • (nevi or novi)

1. (obsolete) codex, scripture

   Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)

2. (archaic) Qur'an