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نبی · نَبِيّ — prophet

Same meaningCertainnoun · Belief · formal / literary

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

نَبِيّ
nabī

/nabiː/

In Arabic

prophet

Persian

نبی
nabi

/næbi/

In Persian

prophet

Root
ن ب أ
Plural Persian kept
انبیاأَنْبِيَاءanbiyā · anbiyāʾ

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr