نابینا

Persian

Etymology

From ناـ (nâ-, “not, non-”) +‎ بینا (binâ, “sighted”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nābēnā, nābīnā
Dari reading? nābīnā
Iranian reading? nâbinâ
Tajik reading? nobino

Adjective

نابینا • (nâbinâ)

  1. blind (unable to see)
    Synonyms: کور (kôr), مکفوف‌البصر (makfuf-ol-basar), اعمی (a'mâ)

Inflection

Predicative forms of نابینا (nâbinâ)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		نابینایم، نابینام△ (nâbinâyam, nâbinâm△) نابیناییم (nâbinâyim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		نابینایی (nâbinâyi) نابینایید، نابینایین△ (nâbinâyid, nâbinâyin△)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		نابیناست، نابیناس، نابینائه△ (nâbinâst, nâbinâs, nâbinâe△) نابینایند، نابینان△ (nâbinâyand, nâbinân△)

△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਬੀਨਾ (nābīnā)
    Shahmukhi script: نابینا (nābīnā)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نابینا.

Pronunciation

Adjective

نابینا • (nābīnā) (Hindi spelling नाबीना)

  1. blind, sightless

Further reading

  • “نابینا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نابینا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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