See also: نوى, نوێ, نوے, and نوي

Pashto

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *náwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas.

Compare Persian نو (now), Northern Kurdish , Ossetian ног (nog), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua); also Sanskrit नव (náva), Hindi नया (nayā).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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نوی (nëway)

  1. new

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (npyk /⁠nibēg⁠/, writing, scripture, book). Doublet of نبی (nubī, nibī) and نپی (nupī, nipī); see نوشتن (neveštan, to write) for more.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nuwī, niwī
Dari reading? nuwī, niwī
Iranian reading? novi, nevi
Tajik reading? nuvi, nivi

Noun

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Dari نوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik нивӣ

نوی (nevi or novi)

  1. (obsolete) codex, scripture
    Synonym: مصحف (moshaf)
  2. (archaic) Qur'an