نوبهار

Persian

Etymology 1

From نو (now, “new”) +‎ بهار (bahâr, “spring”).

Noun

نوبهار • (nowbahâr)

1. (archaic, poetic) spring

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit नव विहार (nava vihāra, literally “new monastery”).

Proper noun

نوبهار • (nowbahâr)

1. (historical) Nava Vihara, a Buddhist monastery (vihara) in Balkh, east of Persia

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نوبهار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press