ناي nāy, or nāʼe, vulg. nāʼī =S. नाडि or नाडी
P ناي nāy, or nāʼe, vulg. nāʼī (=S. नाडि or नाडी), s.f. A reed, pipe; a flute, flageolet, fife; a pipe, tube; a passage, canal, duct;—cane:—nāʼe-nosh or naush, or nāʼe-o-nosh, s.m. Music and wine; revelry, banqueting, feasting, carousal:—āb-nāʼe, s.f. (Geog.) A strait:—ḵẖāk-nāʼe, s.f. An isthmus.
ني nay, nai, vulg. naʼe prob. akin to S. नाडि, or नड
P ني nay, nai, vulg. naʼe (prob. akin to S. नाडि, or नड), s.f. A reed; cane;—a tube, pipe;—a flute, fife;—a ḥuqqa-tube;—nai-bast, Bound with, or composed of, reeds:—nai-zār, s.m. A reed-bed; a cane-plantation:—nai-nawāz, adj. & s.m. Playing, or player on, a reed or pipe; a piper.