نفی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَفْي (nafy).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näwj]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näfj]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näfj]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næfj]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näfj]

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

Noun

نفی • (nafy)

(logic) negation
denial, negation
Synonym: انکار (enkâr)

Antonyms: تثبیت (tasbit), اثبات (esbât)
exile, banishment
Synonym: تبعید (tab'id)

Derived terms

نفی کردن (nafy kardan)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نفی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim