Nowruz

English

Alternative forms

• Nouruz, Norouz, Norooz, Narooz, Nawruz, Newroz, Newruz, Nauruz, Nawroz, Noruz, Nohrooz, Novruz, Nauroz, Navroz, Naw-Rúz, Nowroj, Navroj, Nevruz, Navruz, Navrez, Nooruz, Nauryz, Nevruz, Nowrouz, Nowroze, Naurus, Noroose, Norose, Nauros, Nauroze, Nowroz

Etymology

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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

Persian نُوروزbor.

English Nowruz

Borrowed from Iranian Persian نُوروز (nowruz), from Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz), from نَو (naw, “new”) + روز (rōz, “day”), cognate with the English phrase "new light".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nəʊ̯ˈɹuːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /noʊ̯ˈɹuz/

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• Hyphenation: Now‧ruz

Proper noun

Nowruz

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

Translations

Iranian New Year

• Albanian: Nevruz
• Arabic: نَوْرُوز m (nawrūz), نُورُوز m (nūrūz), نَيْرُوز m (nayrūz)
• Armenian: Նովրուզ (Novruz)
• Azerbaijani: Novruz m, Novruz bayramı
• Baluchi: please add this translation if you can
• Bashkir: Науруз (Nawruz), Нәүрүз (Nəwrüz)
• Bengali: নওরোজ (bn) (noōroj), নওরোজা (noōroja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納吾肉孜節／纳吾肉孜节 (nàwúròuzī jié), 諾魯茲節／诺鲁兹节 (nuòlǔzī jié), 諾魯孜節／诺鲁孜节 (nuòlǔzī jié), 伊朗的新年 (Yīlǎng de xīnnián)

• Chuvash: Нарӑс (Narăs)
• Crimean Tatar: Navrez
• Dutch: Noroez m
• Finnish: iranilainen uusi vuosi, Noruz
• French: Norouz (fr) m
• Georgian: ნავრუზი (navruzi)
• German: Nouruz m
• Gujarati: નવરોજ m (navroj)
• Hebrew: נורוז m
• Hindi: नौरोज़ (nauroz), नौरोज (hi) m (nauroj)
• Indonesian: Norouz
• Japanese: ノウルーズ (Nourūzu)
• Kazakh: Наурыз (kk) (Nauryz), Наурыз мейрамы (Nauryz meiramy)
• Korean: 누루즈 (Nurujeu)
• Kumyk: Навруз (Nawruz)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نەورۆز (ckb) (newroz)

  Northern Kurdish: Newroz (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Нооруз (ky) (Nooruz)
• Lithuanian: Novrūzas
• Macedonian: Новруз m (Novruz)
• Malay: Nowruz
• Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwklwc /⁠nōgrōz⁠/), 𐬥𐬋𐬭𐬋𐬰 (nōrōz /⁠nōrōz⁠/)
• Odia: ନୌରୋଜ୍ (or) (nauroj)
• Ossetian: Новруз (Novruz)
• Pashto: نوورځ (nawwraź)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: نَوْروز (fa) (nawrōz)

  Dari: نَوْروز (fa) (nawrōz)

  Iranian Persian: نُوروز (fa) (nowruz)

  Tajik: Наврӯз (tg) (Navrüz)

• Portuguese: Noruz m
• Russian: Навру́з (ru) m (Navrúz), Новру́з (ru) m (Novrúz)
• Salar: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Новруз m

  Roman: Novruz m

• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Noruz m
• Swedish: nouroz c
• Tajik: Наврӯз (tg) (Navrüz)
• Tatar: Нәүрүз (Näwrüz)
• Turkish: Nevruz (tr), Nevruz Bayramı (tr)
• Turkmen: Nowruz
• Ukrainian: Навру́з m (Navrúz), Навре́з m (Navréz) (from Crimean Tatar)
• Urdu: نَوروز (nauroz)
• Uyghur: نورۇز (noruz)
• Uzbek: navroʻz (uz)