ꠘꠛꠤ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نبی (nabī), from Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy), from Aramaic. Cognate with Hindi नबी (nabī), Urdu نبی (nabī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔbi/

Noun

ꠘꠛꠤ • (nobi)

  1. prophet

Derived terms

  • ꠘꠛꠤꠎꠤ (nobizi)
  • ꠘꠛꠤꠞꠍꠥꠟ (nobirosúl)

Descendants

  • → Bengali: নবী (nobi)

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “nobi”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press, page 284.
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