Meanings
alternative Nouruz · alternative Norouz · alternative Norooz · alternative Narooz · alternative Nawruz · alternative Newroz · alternative Newruz · alternative Nauruz · alternative Nawroz · alternative Noruz · alternative Nohrooz · alternative Novruz · alternative Nauroz · alternative Navroz · alternative Naw-Rúz · alternative Nowroj
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*náwas
- Proto-Iranian*náwah
- Middle Persian𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nʿky)
- Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*léwk-os
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ráwčas
- Proto-Iranian*ráwčah
- Old Persian𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h)
- Middle Persian𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm)
- Middle Persiannwklwc
- Iranian Persianنُوروز (nowruz)
- EnglishNowruz
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.
More words from Iranian Persian, Classical Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَوْرُوز, نُورُوز
- نَوْرُوز (nawrūz)Iranian New Year
- نُورُوز (nūrūz)Iranian New Year
- نَيْرُوز (nayrūz)Iranian New Year
Bengali নওরোজ, নওরোজা
- নওরোজ (noōroj)Iranian New Year
- নওরোজা (noōroja)Iranian New Year
Chinese Mandarin 納吾肉孜節 /纳吾肉孜节, 諾魯茲節 /诺鲁兹节
- 納吾肉孜節 /纳吾肉孜节 (nàwúròuzī jié)Iranian New Year
- 諾魯茲節 /诺鲁兹节 (nuòlǔzī jié)Iranian New Year
- 諾魯孜節 /诺鲁孜节 (nuòlǔzī jié)Iranian New Year
- 伊朗的新年 (Yīlǎng de xīnnián)Iranian New Year
Dutch Noroez
- NoroezIranian New Year
Finnish iranilainen uusi vuosi, Noruz
- iranilainen uusi vuosiIranian New Year
- NoruzIranian New Year
French Norouz
- NorouzIranian New Year
German Nouruz
- NouruzIranian New Year
Hebrew נורוז
- נורוזIranian New Year
Hindi नौरोज़
- नौरोज़ (nauroz)Iranian New Year
Indonesian Norouz
- NorouzIranian New Year
Japanese ノウルーズ
- ノウルーズ (Nourūzu)Iranian New Year
Korean 누루즈
- 누루즈 (Nurujeu)Iranian New Year
Lithuanian Novrūzas
- NovrūzasIranian New Year
Malay Nowruz
- NowruzIranian New Year
Portuguese Noruz
- NoruzIranian New Year
Russian Навру́з, Новру́з
- Навру́з (Navrúz)Iranian New Year
- Новру́з (Novrúz)Iranian New Year
Spanish Noruz
- NoruzIranian New Year
Swedish nouroz
- nourozIranian New Year
Turkish Nevruz, Nevruz Bayramı
- NevruzIranian New Year
- Nevruz BayramıIranian New Year
Ukrainian Навру́з, Навре́з
- Навру́з (Navrúz)Iranian New Year
- Навре́з (Navréz)Iranian New Year
Urdu نَوروز
- نَوروز (nauroz)Iranian New Year
Vietnamese Tết Ba Tư
- Tết Ba TưIranian New Year
Cite this entry
Nowruz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nowruz
“Nowruz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nowruz. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nowruz,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nowruz.
Source: Nowruz on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.