English Explanatory Dictionary

Navoiy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Alternative form of Nava'i: pen-name of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501)
  2. A city in Uzbekistan, named in honor of Nizam al-Din Alisher Harawi (1441–1501).

Word forms

Navoiy Navoi Navoii Navoy

Etymology

From Uzbek Navoiy, from Classical Persian نَوَائِی (nawā'ī, literally “melodious”), from نَوَا (nawā, “melody”) + ـئِی (-'ī, suffix forming adjectives).

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