نابینا

Persian

Etymology

From ناـ (nâ-, “not, non-”) +‎ بینا (binâ, “sighted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naː.beː.ˈnaː/, /naː.biː.ˈnaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.biː.nɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.biː.nɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.biː.nɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.bi.nɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.biː.nɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.bi.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nābēnā, nābīnā
Dari reading?	nābīnā
Iranian reading?	nâbinâ
Tajik reading?	nobino

Adjective

نابینا • (nâbinâ)

1. blind (unable to see)

   Synonyms: کور (kôr), مکفوف‌البصر (makfuf-ol-basar), اعمی (a'mâ)

Inflection

Predicative forms of نابینا (nâbinâ)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	نابینایم، نابینام△ (nâbinâyam, nâbinâm△)	نابیناییم (nâbinâyim)
2nd person (“you are”)	نابینایی (nâbinâyi)	نابینایید، نابینایین△ (nâbinâyid, nâbinâyin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	نابیناست، نابیناس، نابینائه△ (nâbinâst, nâbinâs, nâbinâe△)	نابینایند، نابینان△ (nâbinâyand, nâbinân△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• نابینایی (nâbinâyi, “blindness”)

Descendants

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਬੀਨਾ (nābīnā)

  Shahmukhi script: نابینا (nābīnā)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نابینا.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.biː.nɑː/

Adjective

نابینا • (nābīnā) (Hindi spelling नाबीना)

1. blind, sightless

Further reading

• “نابینا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نابینا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.