ney

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noun

A type of endblown flute.

OriginPersian نی →
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Meanings

ney1

nounney (plural neys)

plural neys · alternative nai · alternative nay · alternative nāy

  1. entertainmentA type of endblown flute.

    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.

    2013, Helen Cox, Peter Roberts, The Harp and the Ferryman

Ney2

proper nounNey (plural Neys)

plural Neys

  1. A surname.

Ney3

proper noun
  1. Nickname for Neymar (born 1992), Brazilian footballer

Origin

ney · noun

  1. Persianنی
  2. Persianنی
  3. Englishney

Borrowed from Persian نی (ney).

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Ney · proper noun

* As an English surname, variant of Nye. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from the source of McNee. * As a north German and Jewish surname, variant of Neu. Sometimes shortened from Neuberger.

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Ney · proper noun

  1. PortugueseNey
  2. EnglishNey

From Portuguese Ney, a clipping of Neymar.

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Translations

Arabic نَاي
  • نَاي (nāy)type of flute
Chinese Mandarin 西笛子
  • 西笛子 (xīdízi)type of flute
Danish langfløjte
  • langfløjtetype of flute
French ney
  • neytype of flute
Greek νέι
  • νέι (néi)type of flute
Hebrew נאי
  • נאי (nay)type of flute
Japanese ナーイ
  • ナーイ (nai)type of flute
Persian نی
  • نی (ney)type of flute
Polish nej
  • nejtype of flute
Portuguese ney
  • neytype of flute
Russian ней
  • ней (nɛj)type of flute
Turkish ney
  • neytype of flute
Ukrainian най
  • най (naj)type of flute
Urdu نای
  • نای (nāy)type of flute

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ney

MLA

“ney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ney.

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