navjote

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Need exact script etc.”) Latinized form of a Parsi Gujarati compound, from words meaning "new" and "reciter, invoker, sacrificer".

Noun

navjote (plural navjotes)

1. The ritual through which a person is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion.

Alternative forms

• navjot