نبی

See also: نبي

Persian

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

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

(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


Iranian Persian	نبی
Dari	نبی
Tajik	набӣ

نبی • (nabi)

prophet

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

(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


Iranian Persian	نبی
Dari	نبی
Tajik	нибӣ

نبی • (nebi or nobi)

(obsolete) codex, scripture, book
Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)
(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

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