Nowruz.
The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
Meaning & usage
The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu 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-European *léwk-os Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas Proto-Iranian *ráwčah Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm) Middle Persian nwklwc Iranian Persian نُوروز (nowruz)bor. English Nowruz Borrowed from Iranian Persian نُوروز (nowruz), from Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz), from نَو (naw, “new”) + روز (rōz, “day”). The first element is a distant cognate of English new, while the second is a distant cognate of English light, both being derived from different formations of the Proto-Indo-European roots *new- and *lewk-, respectively.
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