ناو

See also: نأو‎

Arabic

Verb

نَاوِ • (nāwi) (form III)

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

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːʋ/

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

Persian

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

• IPA^(key): /nɒːw/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [nɒːv]

Noun

ناو • (nâv) (plural ناوها‎ (nâv-hâ))

Dari	ناو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нов

1. (archaic) boat, small ship
   • 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī

     ‏[…] ناوی ده بیاوردند.‎‎

     […] nâvê dah biyâvardand.

     [...] they brought ten boats.

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

• ناوخدا‎ (nâvxodâ), ناخدا‎ (nâxodâ)
• ناوچه‎ (nâvče)
• ناوشکن‎ (nâvšekan)
• ناودان‎ (nâvdân)
• ناوه‎ (nâve)
• ناوک‎ (nâvak)
• نبردناو‎ (nabard-nâv)
• رزم‌ناو‎ (razm-nâv)
• هواناو‎ (havâ-nâv)
• ناو هواپیمابر‎ (nâv-e havâpeymâbar)

Descendants

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

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ناو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul