نپی

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npyk /⁠nibēg⁠/, “writing, scripture, book”). Doublet of نوی (nuwī, niwī) and نوی (nuwī, niwī); see نوشتن (neveštan, “to write”) for more.

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	nupī, nipī
Dari reading?	nupī, nipī
Iranian reading?	nopi, nepi
Tajik reading?	nupi, nipi

Noun

Dari	نپی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нипӣ

نپی • (nepi or nopi)

1. (obsolete) codex, scripture

   Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)

2. (archaic) Qur'an