𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐫗𐫇𐫃 (nwg /⁠nōg⁠/) — Manichaean
• [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/) — Book Pahlavi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *náwah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Adjective

𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 • (nwky /nōg/) (Inscriptional Pahlavi)

1. new, recent

Derived terms

• [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwklwc /⁠nōgrōz⁠/)
• [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwkzʾt' /⁠nōgzād⁠/)
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (nwkzʾtk' /⁠nōgzādag⁠/)

Descendants

• Classical Persian: نَو (naw)

References

• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “nwg”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, pages 246–247
• Gignoux, Philippe (1972) “nwky”, in Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 30b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nōg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 61