نانوا

Persian

Alternative forms

• نانبا (nânbâ) (archaic)
• نونوا (nunvâ) (colloquial, Iran)
• نونبا (nunbâ) (dialectal, Kashan)

Etymology

From earlier نانبا (nânbâ), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭠𐭭𐭯𐭠𐭪 (nānbāg, “baker”).

Pronunciation

Dari	نانوا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нонво

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑːn.wɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːn.wɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːn.wɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːn.wɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔːn.wɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːɱ.vɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔɱ.vɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nānwā
Dari reading?	nānwā
Iranian reading?	nânvâ
Tajik reading?	nonvo

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Noun

نانوا • (nânvâ) (plural نانواها (nânvâ-hâ) or نانوایان (nânvâyân))

1. baker
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2785:

     بهر نان شخصی سوی نانوا دوید / داد جان چون حسن نانوا را بدید

     bahr-i-nân šaxs-i suy-i nânwâ dawîd / dâd jân čôn husn-i-nânwâ râ ba-dîd

     A person ran to the baker for bread: on seeing the beauty of the baker, he gave up the ghost.

Related terms

• نان (nân)
• نانوائی (nânvâ'i)

See also

• خباز (xabbâz)