نانوا

Persian

Alternative forms

• نانبا (nânbâ), نانوای (nânvây), نانبای (nânbây) (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): /naːn.ˈwaː/

 

• (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]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːɱ.vɒː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [nuːɱ.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 • (nānwā / nânvâ) (plural نانواها (nānwā-hā / nânvâ-hâ), or نانوایان (nānwāyān / nânvâyân), Tajik spelling нонво)

1. baker

   Synonym: خباز (xabbâz)

   • 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.

Derived terms

• نانوائی (nânvâ'i)

Related terms

• نان (nân)
• ـبا (-bâ)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: نانوای (nānwāy /⁠nānwāy⁠/), نانبای (nānbāy /⁠nānbāy⁠/)
  • Uzbek: nonvoy, novvoy
  • Uyghur: ناۋاي (naway)
• → Kazakh: наубай (naubai)
• → Kyrgyz: наабай (naabay)
• → Turkmen: nanbaý