نبی

See also: نبي

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.βiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.biː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.biː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.biː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.bi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.biː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.bi]

Readings
Classical reading?	naḇī
Dari reading?	nabī
Iranian reading?	nabi
Tajik reading?	nabi

Noun

Dari	نبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	набӣ

نبی • (nabi)

1. prophet

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (npyk /⁠nibēg⁠/, “writing, scripture, book”). Doublet of نوی (nuwī, niwī) and نپی (nupī, nipī); see نوشتن (neveštan, “to write”) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nu.βiː], [ ni.βiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.biː], [ nɪ.biː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.biː], [ nɪ.biː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊ.biː], [ nɪ.biː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.bi], [ ni.bi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [no.biː], [ ne.biː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.bi], [ ni.bi]

Readings
Classical reading?	nuḇī, niḇī
Dari reading?	nubī, nibī
Iranian reading?	nobi, nebi
Tajik reading?	nubi, nibi

Noun

Dari	نبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нибӣ

نبی • (nebi or nobi)

1. (obsolete) codex, scripture, book

   Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)

2. (archaic) Qur'an
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2548:

     در نبی آورد جبریل امین / شرح این زانو زدن را جاثمین

     dar nubī âward Jibrīl-i amīn / šarh-i ēn zânū-zadan râ jâsimīn

     Gabriel, the trusted, brought in the Qur'an the description of this kneeling [by the word] játhimín