nʾd

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• KNYA (arameogram)

Etymology

From Old Persian *𐎴𐎭 (*nada-), from Proto-Iranian *nad- (“to sound, make noise”) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nʾy (nā̆y), Manichaean Parthian nd (naδ, “pipe, flute; cane, rod”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit नड (naḍá, “a species of reed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (compare Old Armenian նետ (net, “arrow”)).

Noun

nʾd • (nā̆y)

1. reed, cane
2. tube, flute, clarion
3. pole, perch (10 ft.)

Derived terms

• nʾd pzd- (nāy pazd-, “to play flute”)
• KNYAstʾn' (nayestān)
• nʾyck' (nāyīzag)
• nʾdslʾd (nāy-srāy)

Descendants

• Persian: نای (nây), نی (ney)
  • > Arabic: ناي (nāy)
  • > Azeri: ney / نی
  • > English: ney, nay, nai
  • > Hindustani:

    Urdu: نای (nāy)

  • > Ottoman Turkish: نای (nây), نی (ney)
    • Turkish: ney
  • > Uyghur: نەي (ney)
  • > Uzbek: nay

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nay; nāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 276–277