What it means
نوزاد (nowzâd) means “newborn” or “infant.” The word stacks two pure Persian roots: نو (now) “new” and زاد (zâd) “born.” It refers to a baby in the first weeks after birth, before the more general بچه (bachche) takes over.
How to use it
- یک نوزاد دختر (yek nowzâd-e dokhtar) “a newborn girl”
- نوزاد تازه به دنیا آمده (nowzâd-e tâze be donyâ âmade) “a freshly born infant”
- بخش نوزادان بیمارستان (bakhsh-e nowzâdân-e bimârestân) “the hospital’s newborn ward”
Compound breakdown
نو (now) is the same now you see in Nowruz (“new day”). زاد (zâd) is a past stem of the verb زاییدن (zâyidan) “to give birth.” Together they form a transparent agent-style compound: “new-born.”
Cultural note
Iranian families mark a nowzâd’s arrival with specific rituals: whispering the azan in the right ear, choosing a name within the first week, and visits from older relatives bearing gold coins or amulets. The word carries a tender, formal weight you’d hear from a doctor or grandmother more than in casual baby-talk.
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