نوائی

See also: نوایی

Persian

Etymology

From (nawā / navâ, “melody”) +‎ (-'ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives), literally “melodious”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /na.waː.ˈʔiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.wɑː.ʔíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.wɑː.jíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.wɔː.jí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.vɒː.ʔíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.vɔ.ʔí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nawā'ī
Dari reading^?	nawā'ī
Iranian reading^?	navâ'i
Tajik reading^?	navo'i

Proper noun

نوائی • (nawā'ī / navâ'i) (Tajik spelling Навоӣ)

alternative spelling of (nawāyī / navâyi): the pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501), a Timurid poet.

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Nəvai
→ Chagatai: نوائی (nwāʾy)
- Uyghur: نەۋائى (newa'i)
- Uzbek: Navoiy
  - → English: Navoiy
→ English: Nava'i
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: नवाई (navāī)

Urdu: نَوائی (navāī)
→ Kazakh: Науаи (Nauai)
→ Ottoman Turkish: نَوائی (nevaî)
- Turkish: Nevaî
→ Tatar: Нәваи (Näwai)
→ Turkmen: Nowaýy