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Meaning of ناو | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˈnaːw

Definitions

  1. boat, small ship
    archaic
  2. warship; cruiser
  3. anything long and hollow
  4. pipe
  5. gutter, drainpipe, water pipe, downpipe
  6. a river, stream; channel, canal, aqueduct; river basin
  7. a cistern; tankage
  8. trough; feeder
  9. the sluice of a mill-dam
  10. the furrow or groove down the middle of a man's back or the loins of a horse; also in a grain of wheat and a date-stone
  11. gluteal cleft
  12. the passage through which the meal or flour runs when grinding
  13. a hole
  14. a crack, chink
  15. a baker's rolling-pin
  16. a frying pan
  17. a cauldron, kettle, pot
  18. an easy, graceful air in walking

Equivalents

English boat ship

Examples

“11th century, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī […]ناوی ده بیاوردند. […] nâvê dah biyâvardand.”

… they brought ten boats.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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