What is "nabi"

Nabi may refer to:

• A spokesman, speaker, prophet (Stong's Hebrew)
• Prophets of Islam, humans who, in the Islamic faith, have been chosen as prophets by God. Similarly, in Syriac Christianity Old Testament prophets are referred to as Nabi as well.
  • Nabi (Universal Sufism)
• Nabi, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Butterfly in the Korean language
  • Nabi (film), a 2001 South Korean film
  • The Korean language title of Mr. Butterfly, a 2003 South Korean film
  • Typhoon Nabi, a 2005 super typhoon
  • Nabi is also the name of a Korean input method for UNIX platforms
  • Nabi: The Prototype, a manhwa by Yeon-Joo Kim
• In Korean Nabi is used idiomatically as a diminutive for " cat"
  • Nabi, name of the cat, a primary character, in the Korean animation, There She Is!!

Nabi ( 나비, literally "Butterfly") is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Moon Seung-wook, Nabi was shot on digital video and transferred onto 35mm film, filmed on a low budget of $380,000. It marked the feature film debut of Kang Hye-jung, who won Best Actress at the 5th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival for her role as Yuki. Nabi also starred Kim Ho-jung, who won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival.

The film is a science fiction tale set in a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past. Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide.