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ney¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Persian نی (ney).

noun neys · nai · nay · nāy

  1. A 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.

Ney²

Where it comes from

* 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.

proper noun Neys

  1. A surname.

Ney³

Where it comes from

From Portuguese Ney, a clipping of Neymar.

proper noun

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

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noun type of flute

日本語ナーイ nai
中文西笛子 xīdízi
Portuguêsney
Françaisney
Ελληνικάνέι néi
Русскийней nɛj
العربيةنَاي nāy
עבריתנאי nay

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"ney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ney. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ney. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ney

Chicago

"ney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ney.

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@misc{ney_2026,
  title = {ney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}