ناو

See also: نأو

Arabic

Verb

نَاوِ • (nāwi) (form III)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of نَاوَى (nāwā)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːu̯/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	nav

ناو (naw)

1. name

Derived terms

• بێناو (bênaw)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman, “name”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

ناو • (nāv) m (plural ناو, Devanagari नाव)

1. name

   مےٚ روٗد نٕہ تٔمؠ سُنٛد ناو وَنِہ

   me rūd nụh tạm' sund nāv vanih

   I couldn’t remember his name

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit नावा (nāvā). Also influenced by Classical Persian ناو (nāv).

Noun

ناو • (nāv) f (plural ناوِ, Devanagari नाव)

1. boat

   ناوِ چھےٚ سَرَس پؠٹھ پَکان

   nāvi che saras pyaṭh pakān

   Boats travel on the lake

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناو (nâv, “anything long and hollow”).

Noun

ناو • (nav)

1. pipe, tube, anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape

   Synonym: لوله (lüle)

2. drainpipe, a pipe that carries fluid which is being drained
3. gutter, drain, a channel intended for the drainage of water

   Synonym: اولق (oluk)

4. boat, a watercraft, smaller than a ship, used for various purposes

   Synonym: قایق (kayık)

Descendants

• Turkish: nav

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “nav”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3499
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “nâv”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 970
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ناو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 5120
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ناو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2068

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾw (nāw, “ship”), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎺 (n-a-v /⁠nāva⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *náHuš (compare Ossetian нау (naw) / науӕ (nawæ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš (compare Sanskrit नाव (nāva)), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔw]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāw
Dari reading?	nāw
Iranian reading?	nâv
Tajik reading?	nov

Noun

Dari	ناو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нов

ناو • (nâv) (plural ناوها (nâv-hâ))

1. (archaic) boat, small ship
   • 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī

     […] ناوی ده بیاوردند.

     […] nâvê dah biyâvardand.

     [...] they brought ten boats.

2. warship; cruiser
3. anything long and hollow
4. pipe
5. gutter, drainpipe, water pipe, downpipe
6. a river, stream; channel, canal, aqueduct; river basin
7. a cistern; tankage
8. trough; feeder
9. the sluice of a mill-dam
10. the furrow or groove down the middle of a man's back or the loins of a horse; also in a grain of wheat and a date-stone
11. gluteal cleft
12. the passage through which the meal or flour runs when grinding
13. a hole
14. a crack, chink
15. a baker's rolling-pin
16. a frying pan
17. a cauldron, kettle, pot
18. an easy, graceful air in walking

Derived terms

• ناوخدا (nâvxodâ), ناخدا (nâxodâ)
• ناوچه (nâvče)
• ناوشکن (nâvšekan)
• ناودان (nâvdân)
• ناوه (nâve)
• ناوک (nâvak)
• نبردناو (nabard-nâv)
• رزم‌ناو (razm-nâv)
• هواناو (havâ-nâv)
• ناو هواپیمابر (nâv-e havâpeymâbar)

Descendants

• → Armenian: նավ (nav)
• → Azerbaijani: nov
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناو (nav)
  • Turkish: nav
• → Udi: наъв (na̱v, “gutter, trough”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ناو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul