نوا
Persian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwʾk' /niwāg/). Compare Old Armenian նուագ (nuag), an Iranian borrowing.
Noun
editنوا • (navâ)
- The name of a mode (دستگاه (dastgâh)) in Persian classical music.
- دستگاه نوا ― dastgâh-e navâ ― The mode of Nava, the dastgah of Nava
- sound, tone, voice
Proper noun
editنوا • (navâ)
- a female given name, Nava
Etymology 2
editNoun
editنوا • (navâ)
References
edit- 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
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