নওরোজ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• নওরোজা (nôoroza)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *new-

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas

Proto-Iranian *náwah

Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nʿky)

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas

Proto-Iranian *ráwčah

Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm)

Middle Persian nwklwc

Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz)bor.

Bengali নওরোজ (noōrōj)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /noɾod͡ʒ/, [ˈnoɾod͡ʒ], /noɾoz/, [ˈnoɾoz]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /noɹodʑ/, [ˈnoɹodʑ], /noɹoz/, [ˈnoɹoz]

Noun

নওরোজ • (noōrōj) (objective নওরোজ (noōrōj) or নওরোজকে (noōrōjoke), genitive নওরোজের (noōrōjer), locative নওরোজে (noōrōje))

1. Nowruz (New Year in the Iranian / Zoroastrian calendar, celebrated on the spring equinox)

   নওরোজের এই সে দেশ!

   noōorojer ei śe deś!

   This very country of Nowruz!

   - Kazi Nazrul Islam

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “নওরোজ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, “নওরোজ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “নওরোজ, নওরোজা” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh