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