نپی
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (npyk /nibēg/, “writing, scripture, book”). See نوشتن (neveštan, “to write”) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /nu.ˈpiː/, /ni.ˈpiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nʊ.pʰiː], [nɪ.pʰiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [no.pʰiː], [ne.pʰiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nu.pʰi], [ni.pʰi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nupī, nipī |
| Dari reading? | nupī, nipī |
| Iranian reading? | nopi, nepi |
| Tajik reading? | nupi, nipi |
Noun
| Dari | نپی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нипӣ |
نپی • (nipī / nepi or nupī / nopi)
- (obsolete) codex, scripture
- 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 īn nubī āward jibrīl-i amīn / šarh-i īn zānū-zadan rā jāsimīn
- Gabriel, the trusted, brought in the Qur'an the description of this kneeling [by the word] játhimín