nwklwc

Middle Persian

Etymology

𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nwky /⁠nōg⁠/, “new”) +‎ 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (YWM /⁠rōz⁠/, “day”)

Proper noun

nwklwc • (nōgrōz) (Book Pahlavi)

1. Nowruz

Descendants

• Classical Persian: نَوْروز (nawrōz)
  • Dari: نَوْروز (nawrōz)
  • Iranian Persian: نُوروز (nowruz)
  • Tajik: Наврӯз (Navrüz)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nōg-rōz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 61