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

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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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
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