Nowruz

English Alternative forms en Nouruz Norouz Norooz Narooz Nawruz Newroz Newruz Nauruz Nawroz Noruz Nohrooz Novruz Nauroz Navroz Naw-Rúz Nowroj Navroj Nevruz Navruz Navrez Nooruz Nauryz Nevruz Nowrouz Nowroze Naurus Noroose Norose Nauros Nauroze Nowroz Etymology en Persian New Year :bor fa-ira:نُوروز<id:new year> 1 en ine-pro *new- (new) *lewk- en fa-ira نُوروز, from en fa-cls نَوْروز, from fa-cls نَو new + fa-cls روز day. The first element is a distant cognate of en new, while the second is a distant cognate of en light, both being derived from different formations of the Proto-Indo-European roots ine-pro *new- and ine-pro *lewk-, respectively. Pronunciation en /nəʊ̯ˈɹuːz/ UK en /noʊ̯ˈɹuz/ US en En-Nowruz.ogg en Now ruz Proper noun en Q483236 en Holidays Zoroastrianism The New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendars, celebrated on the spring equinox. en-US Genevieve Ko ‘This Is the Best Dish I Have Ever Made From NYT Cooking’ w:The New York Times 2026-03-15 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/dining/this-is-the-best-dish-i-have-ever-made-from-nyt-cooking.html 0362-4331 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. https://archive.ph/Obwer 2026-03-15 Translations Iranian New Year Albanian: sq Nevruz Arabic: ar نَوْرُوز m, ar نُورُوز m, ar نَيْرُوز m Armenian: hy Նովրուզ Azerbaijani: az Novruz m, az Novruz bayramı Baluchi: bal Bashkir: ba Науруз, ba Нәүрүз Bengali: bn নওরোজ noōroj, bn নওরোজা noōroja Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 納吾肉孜節 nàwúròuzī jié, cmn 諾魯茲節 nuòlǔzī jié, cmn 諾魯孜節 nuòlǔzī jié, cmn 伊朗的新年 Yīlǎng de xīnnián Chuvash: cv Нарӑс Crimean Tatar: crh Navrez Dutch: nl Noroez m Finnish: fi iranilainen uusi vuosi, fi Noruz French: fr Norouz m Georgian: ka ნავრუზი German: de Nouruz m Gujarati: gu નવરોજ m Hebrew: he נורוז m Hindi: hi नौरोज़ m Indonesian: id Norouz Japanese: ja ノウルーズ Nourūzu Kazakh: kk Наурыз, kk Наурыз мейрамы Korean: ko ^누루즈 Kumyk: kum Навруз Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb نەورۆز Northern Kurdish: kmr Newroz Kyrgyz: ky Нооруз Lithuanian: lt Novrūzas Macedonian: mk Новруз m Malay: ms Nowruz Odia: or ନୌରୋଜ୍ Ossetian: os Новруз Pashto: ps نوورځ nawwraź Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls نَوْروز Dari: prs نَوْروز Iranian Persian: fa-ira نُوروز Middle Persian: pal nwklwc nōgrōz Phlv, pal 𐬥𐬋𐬭𐬋𐬰 nōrōz Portuguese: pt Noruz m Russian: ru Навру́з m, ru Новру́з m Salar: slr Sanskrit: sa नवरोचस् Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Новруз m Latin: sh Novruz m Sindhi: sd Spanish: es Noruz m Swedish: sv nouroz c Tajik: tg Наврӯз Tatar: tt Нәүрүз Turkish: tr Nevruz, tr Nevruz Bayramı Ottoman Turkish: ota نوروز nevruz Turkmen: tk Nowruz Ukrainian: uk Навру́з m, uk Навре́з m from Crimean Tatar Urdu: ur نَوروز Uyghur: ug نورۇز Uzbek: uz navroʻz Vietnamese: vi Tết Ba Tư