نهی

See also: نهي and نهى

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَهْي (nahy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnahj/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näɦj]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näj]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næɦj]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näɦj]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nahy
Dari reading^?	nahy
Iranian reading^?	nahy
Tajik reading^?	nahy

Noun

نَهْی • (nahy)

prohibition
Synonyms: مَمنوعِیَّت (mamnu'iyyat), مَنع (man’)

amr be ma'ruf o nahy az monkar
enjoining good and forbidding wrong
(a duty in Islam)
(grammar) the negative imperative

Derived terms

نَهْی کَردَن (nahy kardan)