Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nai

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: nai
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Indian usage

noun

A Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.

noun

Initialism of non-accidental injury.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नाई (nāī).

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

nais (plural)

Synonyms

muscal

Questions

What does nai mean?: A barber.
Where does nai come from?: Borrowed from Hindi नाई (nāī).

How to pronounce nai

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