نوا

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (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 نوا ― dastgâh-e navâ ― The 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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1357–1359