Arabic

Verb

نَاوِ • ‎(nāwi) ‎(form III)

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

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian nʾw ‎(nāw, “ship”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Ossetian нау ‎(naw) / науӕ ‎(nawæ)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nāu- ‎(“ship, boat”) (compare Sanskrit नाव ‎(nāva, “ship”)), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us ‎(“boat”) (compare Ancient Greek ναῦς ‎(naûs, “ship”), Latin nāvis ‎(“ship”), Albanian anije ‎(“ship”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɒːw/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [nɒːv]

Noun

ناو • ‎(nâv) ‎(plural ناوها ‎(nâv-hâ))

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

     […] ناوی ده بیاوردند.

     […] nāwē dah biyāwardand.

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

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

Descendants

• → Armenian: նավ ‎(nav)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناو ‎(nâv)
• → Udi: наъв ‎(na̱v, “gutter, trough”)

References

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