نوا

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (nwʾk' /⁠niwāg⁠/). Compare Old Armenian նուագ (nuag), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

نوا (navâ)

  1. The name of a mode (دستگاه (dastgâh)) in Persian classical music.
    دستگاه نواdastgâh-e navâThe mode of Nava, the dastgah of Nava
  2. sound, tone, voice

Proper noun

نوا (navâ)

  1. a female given name, Nava

Etymology 2

Noun

نوا (navâ)

  1. Archaic form of نوه (nave, grandson).

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نوا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1428
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “نوا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1357–1359