نوبهار

Persian

Etymology 1

(now, “new”) +‎ (bahâr, “spring”)

Noun

نوبهار • (nowbahâr)

(archaic, poetic) spring

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit नव विहार (nava vihāra, literally “new monastery”).

Proper noun

نوبهار • (nowbahâr)

(historical) Nava Vihara, a Buddhist monastery (vihara) in Balkh, east of Persia

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نوبهار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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