ney

See also: Ney, nəy, and ñey

English

ney

Alternative forms

• nai
• nay
• nāy

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نی (ney).

Noun

ney (plural neys)

1. (music) A type of endblown flute.
   • 2013, Helen Cox, Peter Roberts, The Harp and the Ferryman:

     A few weeks later Adille phoned me to say that he had just met a person who had begun to make neys from special reeds that he found on an island in the Yarra River in Melbourne, of all places.

Related terms

• zurna

Translations

a type of flute

• Arabic: نَاي (nāy)
• Azerbaijani: ney (az)
• Bambara: neyi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西笛子 (xīdízi)

• Danish: langfløjte c
• French: ney (fr) m
• Greek: νέι (el) m (néi)
• Hebrew: נאי m (nay)
• Japanese: ナーイ (nai)
• Kyrgyz: най (nay)
• Ottoman Turkish: نای (nây), نی (ney)
• Persian: نی (fa) (ney)
• Polish: nej (pl) m
• Portuguese: ney m
• Russian: ней (ru) m (nɛj)
• Tajik: най (tg) (nay)
• Turkish: ney (tr)
• Ukrainian: най m (naj)
• Urdu: نای (nāy)
• Uyghur: نەي (ney)
• Uzbek: nay (uz)

Anagrams

• -yne, NYE, Nye, Yen, eny, nye, yen

Middle English

Noun

ney

1. Alternative form of noy

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛj/

Noun

ney f

1. ney

Portuguese

Noun

ney m (plural neys)

1. ney (a type of flute)

Shabo

Adjective

ney

1. this

Turkish

Ney instrument.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nej/

Etymology 1

From Persian نی (ney) or Persian نای (nây).

Noun

ney (definite accusative neyi, plural neyler)

1. An endblown flute made by hollowing out and tempering a giant reed (Arundo donax), used mainly in Persian, Arabian, Turkish and Mevlevi Sufi music.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ney
Definite accusative	neyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ney	neyler
Definite accusative	neyi	neyleri
Dative	neye	neylere
Locative	neyde	neylerde
Ablative	neyden	neylerden
Genitive	neyin	neylerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular neyim neylerim 2nd singular neyin neylerin 3rd singular neyi neyleri 1st plural neyimiz neylerimiz 2nd plural neyiniz neyleriniz 3rd plural neyleri neyleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular neyimi neylerimi 2nd singular neyini neylerini 3rd singular neyini neylerini 1st plural neyimizi neylerimizi 2nd plural neyinizi neylerinizi 3rd plural neylerini neylerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular neyime neylerime 2nd singular neyine neylerine 3rd singular neyine neylerine 1st plural neyimize neylerimize 2nd plural neyinize neylerinize 3rd plural neylerine neylerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular neyimde neylerimde 2nd singular neyinde neylerinde 3rd singular neyinde neylerinde 1st plural neyimizde neylerimizde 2nd plural neyinizde neylerinizde 3rd plural neylerinde neylerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular neyimden neylerimden 2nd singular neyinden neylerinden 3rd singular neyinden neylerinden 1st plural neyimizden neylerimizden 2nd plural neyinizden neylerinizden 3rd plural neylerinden neylerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular neyimin neylerimin 2nd singular neyinin neylerinin 3rd singular neyinin neylerinin 1st plural neyimizin neylerimizin 2nd plural neyinizin neylerinizin 3rd plural neylerinin neylerinin

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ney

1. (informal) Alternative form of ne (“what”)

References

• “ney”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ney”, in Nişanyan Sözlük