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Persian · adjective · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Nau

नौ
Meaning

New, fresh; recent, as in nau-bahar, the new spring.

See it in the verse

Nau in Iqbal’s couplets

Abhi tak aadmi sayd-e-zaboon-e-shahryari hai
Qayamat hai ki insaan nau-e-insaan ka shikari hai
Even now, the human being is the wretched prey of the rule of kings — it is a catastrophe that one human still hunts another.
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Related words
ARABIC

Jadid

New, modern, recent; of the present age.

PERSIAN

Kohna

Old, ancient, worn with age; belonging to a former time.

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