nowruz

«nowruz» in Mova's school dictionary: the Persian New Year, a spring festival on the spring… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (Nowruz)

meaning for a pupil

1) Nowruz is the Persian New Year, a spring festival on the spring equinox, around 20–21 March. tree →

2) It is celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Azerbaijan, by Kurds and others. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in lessons about festivals around the world: families clean the house, jump over small fires, set a special table (haft-sin) and visit relatives.

examples

• Nowruz means «new day». tree →
• We celebrate Nowruz on the first day of spring. tree →
• At Nowruz, families set a table with seven things beginning with «s». tree →
• Children get gifts and new clothes at Nowruz. tree →
• Nowruz is over 3,000 years old. tree →
• My friend's family visits relatives at Nowruz. tree →

note

A name of a festival, so capital N. Also spelled Norouz, Navruz or Nauryz. Say «no-ROOZ». It is not a religious holiday for one faith only; people of many faiths keep it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nowruz» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.