نای

نای

Persian

Alternative forms

• نی‎ (ney)

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾd (nāy, “reed, cane; tube, pipe, flute, clarion”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit नड (naḍá)), from Proto-Indo-European *nedo- (“reed”); See Old Armenian նետ (net, “arrow”) for more.

Noun

نای • (nây)

1. reed
2. reed-pipe
3. flute, flageolet, fife
4. ney
5. throat
6. trachea
7. pride, vainglory

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “نای”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul