نیابتی

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic نَابَ (nāba)

Arabic نِيَابَة (niyāba)bor.

Persian نیابت (niyābat / niyâbat)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k)

Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ.

Persian ـی (-ī / -i)

Persian نیابتی

From نیابت (niyābat / niyâbat) + ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ni.jaː.ba.ˈtiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑː.bä.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑː.bä.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ni.jɑː.bä.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔː.bä.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɒː.bæ.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.jɔ.bä.t̪ʰí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	niyābatī
Dari reading?	niyābatī
Iranian reading?	niyâbati
Tajik reading?	niyobati

Adjective

نیابتی • (niyābatī / niyâbati) (Tajik spelling ниёбатӣ)

1. proxy

   نیروهای نیابتی ― nīrūhā-yi  / niruhâ-ye niyābatī / niyâbati ― proxy forces

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “نیابتی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim