ناو

See also: نأو

Arabic

Root
ن و ي (n w y)
7 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb نَوَى (nawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.win/

Adjective

ناو • (nāw) (feminine ناوَة (nāwa), masculine plural ناوُون (nāwūn) or نِوَاء (niwāʔ), feminine plural ناوَات (nāwāt))

1. active participle of نَوَى (nawā): intending

Declension

Declension of adjective نَاوٍ (nāwin)

singular	masculine		feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاوِي nāwī	النَّاوِي an-nāwī	نَاوِيَة nāwiya	النَّاوِيَة an-nāwiya
nominative	نَاوٍ nāwin	النَّاوِي an-nāwī	نَاوِيَةٌ nāwiyatun	النَّاوِيَةُ an-nāwiyatu
accusative	نَاوِيًا nāwiyan	النَّاوِيَ an-nāwiya	نَاوِيَةً nāwiyatan	النَّاوِيَةَ an-nāwiyata
genitive	نَاوٍ nāwin	النَّاوِي an-nāwī	نَاوِيَةٍ nāwiyatin	النَّاوِيَةِ an-nāwiyati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاوِيَيْن nāwiyayn	النَّاوِيَيْن an-nāwiyayn	نَاوِيَتَيْن nāwiyatayn	النَّاوِيَتَيْن an-nāwiyatayn
nominative	نَاوِيَانِ nāwiyāni	النَّاوِيَانِ an-nāwiyāni	نَاوِيَتَانِ nāwiyatāni	النَّاوِيَتَانِ an-nāwiyatāni
accusative	نَاوِيَيْنِ nāwiyayni	النَّاوِيَيْنِ an-nāwiyayni	نَاوِيَتَيْنِ nāwiyatayni	النَّاوِيَتَيْنِ an-nāwiyatayni
genitive	نَاوِيَيْنِ nāwiyayni	النَّاوِيَيْنِ an-nāwiyayni	نَاوِيَتَيْنِ nāwiyatayni	النَّاوِيَتَيْنِ an-nāwiyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	نَاوِين‎; نِوَاء nāwīn‎; niwāʔ	النَّاوِين‎; النِّوَاء an-nāwīn‎; an-niwāʔ	نَاوِيَات nāwiyāt	النَّاوِيَات an-nāwiyāt
nominative	نَاوُونَ‎; نِوَاءٌ nāwūna‎; niwāʔun	النَّاوُونَ‎; النِّوَاءُ an-nāwūna‎; an-niwāʔu	نَاوِيَاتٌ nāwiyātun	النَّاوِيَاتُ an-nāwiyātu
accusative	نَاوِينَ‎; نِوَاءً nāwīna‎; niwāʔan	النَّاوِينَ‎; النِّوَاءَ an-nāwīna‎; an-niwāʔa	نَاوِيَاتٍ nāwiyātin	النَّاوِيَاتِ an-nāwiyāti
genitive	نَاوِينَ‎; نِوَاءٍ nāwīna‎; niwāʔin	النَّاوِينَ‎; النِّوَاءِ an-nāwīna‎; an-niwāʔi	نَاوِيَاتٍ nāwiyātin	النَّاوِيَاتِ an-nāwiyāti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نَاوِ • (nāwi) (form III) /naː.wi/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of نَاوَى (nāwā)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naːu̯/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	nav

ناو (naw)

1. name

Derived terms

• بێناو (bênaw)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [næːw]

Interjection

ناو • (nāw)

1. meow

Derived terms

• ناوناو (nawnaw, “to meow”)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman, “name”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

ناو • (nāv) m (plural ناو, Devanagari नाव)

1. name

   مےٚ روٗد نٕہ تٔمؠ سُنٛد ناو وَنِہ

   me rūd nụ tạm' sund nāv vanih

   I couldn’t remember his name

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit नावा (nāvā). Also influenced by Classical Persian ناو (nāv).

Noun

ناو • (nāv) f (plural ناوِ, Devanagari नाव)

1. boat

   ناوِ چھےٚ سَرَس پؠٹھ پَکان ― nāvi che saras pyaṭh pakān ― Boats travel on the lake

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناو (nâv, “anything long and hollow”).

Noun

ناو • (nav)

1. pipe, tube, anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape

   Synonyms: بورو (boru), لوله (lüle)

2. drainpipe, a pipe that carries fluid which is being drained
3. gutter, drain, a channel intended for the drainage of water

   Synonym: اولق (oluk)

4. boat, a watercraft, smaller than a ship, used for various purposes

   Synonym: قایق (kayık)

Descendants

• Turkish: nav

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “nav”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3499
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “nâv”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 970
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ناو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 5120
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ناو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2068

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾw (nāw, “ship”), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎠𐎺 (n-a-v /⁠nāva⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *náHuš (compare Ossetian нау (naw) / науӕ (nawæ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš (compare Sanskrit नाव (nāva)), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (compare Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒːv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔw]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāw
Dari reading?	nāw
Iranian reading?	nâv
Tajik reading?	nov

Noun

Dari	ناو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нов

ناو • (nāw / nâv) (plural ناوها (nāw-hā / nâv-hâ), Tajik spelling нов)

1. (archaic) boat, small ship
   • 11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī

     […] ناوی ده بیاوردند.

     […] nâvê dah biyâvardand.

     [...] they brought ten boats.

2. warship; cruiser
3. anything long and hollow
4. pipe
5. gutter, drainpipe, water pipe, downpipe
6. a river, stream; channel, canal, aqueduct; river basin
7. a cistern; tankage
8. trough; feeder
9. the sluice of a mill-dam
10. the furrow or groove down the middle of a man's back or the loins of a horse; also in a grain of wheat and a date-stone
11. gluteal cleft
12. the passage through which the meal or flour runs when grinding
13. a hole
14. a crack, chink
15. a baker's rolling-pin
16. a frying pan
17. a cauldron, kettle, pot
18. an easy, graceful air in walking

Derived terms

• رزم‌ناو (razm-nâv)
• ناو هواپیمابر (nâv-e havâpeymâbar)
• ناوخدا (nâvxodâ), ناخدا (nâxodâ)
• ناودان (nâvdân)
• ناوشکن (nâvšekan)
• ناوه (nâve)
• ناوچه (nâvče)
• ناوک (nâvak)
• ناوگان (nâvgân)
• نبردناو (nabard-nâv)
• هواناو (havâ-nâv)

Descendants

• → Armenian: նավ (nav)
• → Azerbaijani: nov
• → Georgian: ნავი (navi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناو (nav)
  • Turkish: nav
• → Udi: наъв (na̱v, “gutter, trough”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ناو”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul