Middle Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • 𐫗𐫇𐫃 (nwg /⁠nōg⁠/)Manichaean
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/)Book Pahlavi

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Adjective edit

𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nwky /nōg/) (Inscriptional Pahlavi)

  1. new, recent

Derived terms edit

  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwklwc /⁠nōgrōz⁠/)
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwkzʾt' /⁠nōgzād⁠/)
    • [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwkzʾtk' /⁠nōgzādag⁠/)

Descendants edit

  • Persian: نو (now)

References edit

  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “nwg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 246–247
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) “nwky”, in Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 30b
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nōg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 61