noun
nai
noun
1
A barber, especially in South Asian usage.
"The village nai set up his stool under the banyan tree each morning."
2
A traditional Romanian panpipe made of graduated wooden tubes.
"The folk ensemble opened with a haunting solo on the nai."
How to Use Nai
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a barber (South Asian usage) or a Romanian pan flute, depending on context.
Word Forms
nais plural, nais plural
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Etymology
The barber sense is borrowed from Hindi नाई (nāī). The instrument sense comes from Romanian, related to similar pan-flute names across the Balkans and the Middle East.