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Nava'i

Nava'i proper noun: the pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501), a Timurid poet.

Proper noun

Nava'i

  1. The pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501), a Timurid poet.

Forms of Nava'i

alternative formNavai
alternative formNawai
alternative formNawa'i
alternative formNavoiy

Origin of Nava'i

From Classical Persian نَوَائِی (nawā'ī, literally “melodious”), from نَوَا (nawā, “melody”) + ـئِی (-'ī, suffix forming adjectives).

Questions about Nava'i

What does Nava'i mean?
Nava'i means the pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501), a Timurid poet.
What part of speech is Nava'i?
Nava'i is a proper noun.

Words near Nava'i in the dictionary

  1. nautiluses
  2. Nauvoo
  3. nav
  4. nav.
  5. Nava
  6. Nava'i
  7. navafenterol
  8. navagable
  9. Navaho
  10. Navahoes
  11. Navahos

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