ناو

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Arabic

Verb

نَاوِ • (nāwi) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of نَاوَى (nāwā)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Kurdish nav

ناو (naw)

  1. name

Derived terms

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman, “name”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

ناو • (nāv) m (plural ناو, Devanagari नाव)

  1. name
    مےٚ روٗد نٕہ تٔمؠ سُنٛد ناو وَنِہ
    me rūd nụh tạm' sund nāv vanih
    I couldn’t remember his name

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit नावा (nāvā). Also influenced by Classical Persian ناو (nāv).

Noun

ناو • (nāv) f (plural ناوِ, Devanagari नाव)

  1. boat
    ناوِ چھےٚ سَرَس پؠٹھ پَکان
    nāvi che saras pyaṭh pakān
    Boats travel on the lake

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناو (nâv, “anything long and hollow”).

Noun

ناو • (nav)

  1. pipe, tube, anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape
    Synonym: لوله (lüle)
  2. drainpipe, a pipe that carries fluid which is being drained
  3. gutter, drain, a channel intended for the drainage of water
    Synonym: اولق (oluk)
  4. boat, a watercraft, smaller than a ship, used for various purposes
    Synonym: قایق (kayık)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nav

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾw (nāw, “ship”), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎺 (n-a-v /⁠nāva⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *náHuš (compare Ossetian нау (naw) / науӕ (nawæ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš (compare Sanskrit नाव (nāva)), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nāw
Dari reading? nāw
Iranian reading? nâv
Tajik reading? nov

Noun

Dari ناو
Iranian Persian
Tajik нов

ناو • (nâv) (plural ناوها (nâv-hâ))

  1. (archaic) boat, small ship
  2. warship; cruiser
  3. anything long and hollow
  4. pipe
  5. gutter, drainpipe, water pipe, downpipe
  6. a river, stream; channel, canal, aqueduct; river basin
  7. a cistern; tankage
  8. trough; feeder
  9. the sluice of a mill-dam
  10. the furrow or groove down the middle of a man's back or the loins of a horse; also in a grain of wheat and a date-stone
  11. gluteal cleft
  12. the passage through which the meal or flour runs when grinding
  13. a hole
  14. a crack, chink
  15. a baker's rolling-pin
  16. a frying pan
  17. a cauldron, kettle, pot
  18. an easy, graceful air in walking

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: նավ (nav)
  • → Azerbaijani: nov
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ناو (nav)
  • → Udi: наъв (na̱v, “gutter, trough”)

References

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