See also: نوچ

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Etymology 1 edit

From Classical Syriac ܢܘܿܚ(nōḥ), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ(nōaẖ).

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نُوح (nūḥm

  1. (Islam, biblical) Noah.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:14:
      وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا
      walaqad ʔarsalnā nūḥan ʔilā qawmihi falabiṯa fīhim ʔalfa sanatin ʔillā ḵamsīna ʕāman
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. The 71st sura of the Qur'an.
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Bashkir: Нух (Nux)
  • Bengali: নূহ (nūh)
  • Swahili: Nuhu
  • Turkish: Nuh

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نَوْح (nawḥm (plural نُوَاح(nuwāḥ))

  1. verbal noun of نَاحَ(nāḥa) (form I)
  2. crying out in grief, wailing, sobbing, loud weeping, lamentation, lamenting, ululation
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نُوح(nūḥ).

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Readings
Classical reading? nūh
Dari reading? nūh
Iranian reading? nuh
Tajik reading? nuh

Proper noun edit

Dari نوح
Iranian Persian
Tajik Нӯҳ

نوح (nuh)

  1. Noah (a male given name)

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوح(nūḥ), from Arabic نُوح(nūḥ).

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نُوح (nūhm (Hindi spelling नूह)

  1. (Islam) Nuh, Noah
  2. a male given name from Arabic

References edit

  • نوح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نوح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.