نوروز

Persian

regional
Definitions
  • Nowruz, New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendar, celebrated on the spring equinox.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭫𐭥𐭰 (New Year's day) root from Proto-Indo-European *new- (nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*new-

Gloss

nod, wave, push, incline, move, assent to, tend

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

波

Emoji
👋 🌊 🏄️ 👋

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