نانوا

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Persian

Alternative forms

نانبا (nânbâ) (archaic)
نونوا (nunvâ) (colloquial, Iran)
نونبا (nunbâ) (dialectal, Kashan)^[1]

Etymology

From earlier (nânbâ), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭠𐭭𐭯𐭠𐭪 (nānbāg, “baker”).

Pronunciation


Iranian Persian	نانوا
Dari	نانوا
Tajik	нонво

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Readings
Classical reading^?	nānwā
Dari reading^?	nānwā
Iranian reading^?	nânvâ
Tajik reading^?	nonvo

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

نانوا • (nânvâ) (plural نانواها (nânvâ-hâ) or نانوایان (nânvâyân))

baker
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2785:
  بهر نان شخصی سوی نانوا دوید / داد جان چون حسن نانوا را بدید
  bahr-i-nân šaxs-i suy-i nânwâ dawîd / dâd jân čôn husn-i-nânwâ râ ba-dîd
  A person ran to the baker for bread: on seeing the beauty of the baker, he gave up the ghost.

Related terms

نان (nân)
نانوائی (nânvâ'i)

See also

خباز (xabbâz)

References

^ Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 63

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