Nowruz
Syllables: Now·ruzUK/nəʊ̯ˈɹuːz/US/noʊ̯ˈɹuz/
Nowruz proper noun: the New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
Proper noun
Nowruz
- The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
- The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread.2026 March 15, Genevieve Ko, “‘This Is the Best Dish I Have Ever Made From NYT Cooking’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2026
Nowruz meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati
Nowruz in Hindi
- Iranian New Year
- नौरोज़ nauroz
Nowruz in Urdu
- Iranian New Year
- نَوروز nauroz
Nowruz in Bengali
- Iranian New Year
- নওরোজ noōroj, নওরোজা noōroja
Nowruz in Gujarati
- Iranian New Year
- નવરોજ navroj
More languagesFewer languages
- Nowruz in Odia
- ନୌରୋଜ୍ nauroj
- Nowruz in Sanskrit
- नवरोचस् navarocas
- Nowruz in Pashto
- نوورځ nawwraź
- Nowruz in Arabic
- نَوْرُوز nawrūz, نُورُوز nūrūz, نَيْرُوز nayrūz
- Nowruz in Malay
- Nowruz
- Nowruz in Indonesian
- Norouz
- Nowruz in Vietnamese
- Tết Ba Tư
Forms of Nowruz
| alternative form | Nouruz |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Norouz |
| alternative form | Norooz |
| alternative form | Narooz |
| alternative form | Nawruz |
| alternative form | Newroz |
| alternative form | Newruz |
| alternative form | Nauruz |
| alternative form | Nawroz |
| alternative form | Noruz |
| alternative form | Nohrooz |
| alternative form | Novruz |
| alternative form | Nauroz |
| alternative form | Navroz |
| alternative form | Naw-Rúz |
| alternative form | Nowroj |
| alternative form | Navroj |
| alternative form | Nevruz |
| alternative form | Navruz |
| alternative form | Navrez |
Origin of Nowruz
Borrowed from Iranian Persian نُوروز (nowruz), from Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz), from نَو (naw, “new”) + روز (rōz, “day”). The first element is a distant cognate of English new, while the second is a distant cognate of English light, both being derived from different formations of the Proto-Indo-European roots *new- and *lewk-, respectively.
Questions about Nowruz
- What does Nowruz mean?
- Nowruz means the New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox.
- What is Nowruz in Hindi?
- Nowruz in Hindi is नौरोज़ (nauroz). See Nowruz meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nowruz?
- Nowruz is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nowruz?
- Nowruz is pronounced /nəʊ̯ˈɹuːz/ (UK).
Words near Nowruz in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Nowruz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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