نی

See also: نے and ني

Baluchi

Adverb

نی • (ní)

1. now

See also

• انوں (annõ)
• انی (anní)
• نون (nún)
• نیں (ní̃)

Brahui

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *nīn.

Pronoun

نی (nī)

1. you (singular)

Khalaj

Pronoun

نَی (nəy)

1. Arabic spelling of nəy (“what”)

Adverb

نَی (nəy)

1. Arabic spelling of nəy (“why”)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian KNYA / nʾd (nay, “reed, cane”), nʾd (nāy, “tube, flute, clarion”); see نای (nây) for more.

Alternative forms

• نای (nāy / nây)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näj]

Readings
Classical reading?	nay
Dari reading?	nay
Iranian reading?	ney
Tajik reading?	nay

Noun

نی • (nay / ney) (plural نی‌ها (nay-hā / ney-hâ), Tajik spelling най)

1. reed
2. cane
3. straw
4. ney
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1:

     بشنو این نی چون شکایت می‌کند
     از جدایی‌ها حکایت می‌کند

     bišunaw īn nay čūn šikāyat mē-kunad
     az judāyi-hā hikāyat mē-kunad

     Listen to the reed how it tells a tale,
     complaining of separations—

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

5. flute

Derived terms

• سرنای (surnāy / sornây)
• نیزار (nayzār / neyzâr)
• نیستان (nayistān / nayestân)
• نی‌رشته (nay-rišta / ney-rešte)
• نی‌زن (nay-zan / ney-zan)
• نی‌ساز (nay-sāz / ney-sâz)
• نی‌لبک (nay-labak / ney-labak)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “nay; nāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 (nē), from Proto-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈneː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [neː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [neː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [neː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ne]

Readings
Classical reading?	nē
Dari reading?	nē
Iranian reading?	ni
Tajik reading?	ne

Adverb

نی • (nē / ni) (Tajik spelling не)

1. (formal in Dari and Tajik; archaic in Iran) no

See also

Regional synonyms of "no"

Dari	نه, نی
Iranian Persian	نه
Tajik	не, на

Ushojo

Noun

نی (nī)

1. negation

Adverb

نی (nī)

1. not

Noun

نی (nī)

1. no