Persian: Herati "niyye" meaning "nist"

[ShirinStar]

Does anyone know where the Herati negator "niyye" (= "nist") comes from? Going from "nist" to "niyye" is quite a dramatic sound change so I was wondering whether we are in fact dealing with a entirely separate word here.

 

[PersoLatin]

Does anyone know where the Herati negator "niyye" (= "nist") comes from? Going from "nist" to "niyye" is quite a dramatic sound change so I was wondering whether we are in fact dealing with a entirely separate word here.

This is no different to saying “emruz sarda” - it is cold today, where sarda is actually the shorted form of “sard ast”, colloquially ast changes ‘a’, nist is the shortened form of ney+ast now change ast to ‘a’ you get ney+a or niya

 

[woomy_boy]

Does anyone know where the Herati negator "niyye" (= "nist") comes from? Going from "nist" to "niyye" is quite a dramatic sound change so I was wondering whether we are in fact dealing with an entirely separate word here.

“Niyye” is a dialectal thing.

I believe for example someone might say “bayye” for “hast” though I might be wrong