nʾd
Middle Persian
Alternative forms
- KNYA (arameogram)
Etymology
From Old Persian *𐎴𐎭 (*n-d /*nada-/), from Proto-Iranian *nad- (“to sound, make noise”) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian nʾy (nā̆y), Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (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)
- reed, cane
- tube, flute, clarion
- pole, perch (10 feet)
Derived terms
- nʾd pzd- (nāy pazd-, “to play flute”)
- KNYAstʾn' (nayestān)
- nʾyck' (nāyīzag)
- nʾdslʾd (nāy-srāy)
Descendants
- Persian: نای (nây), نی (ney)
- > Arabic: نَاي (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, Hračʿeay (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