Noh

See also: noh, NOH, and nôh

English

Alternative forms

• No
• Nō

Etymology

An irregular romanization of Japanese 能のう (nō, literally “[performing] skill, talent”).

Noun

Noh (countable and uncountable, plural Nohs)

1. (uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.
2. (countable, rare, possibly dated) An individual play in this style.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Noh.

Translations

Japanese musical drama

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 能のう劇げき／能のう剧 (zh) (Néngjù)

• Finnish: no-teatteri, nō, nō-teatteri
• French: nô (fr) m
• Hungarian: nó (hu)
• Japanese: 能のう (ja) (のう, Nō), 能楽のうがく (ja) (のうがく, Nōgaku)
• Korean: 노 (ko) (No), 노가쿠 (Nogaku)
• Marathi: नो n (no)
• Russian: но (ru) m (no)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Nō

Anagrams

• 'hon, Hon, Hon., h'on, hon, ohn

Malay

Proper noun

Noh

1. Alternative form of Nuh.

Maranao

Alternative forms

• Nok

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُوح (nūḥ).

Proper noun

Noh

1. Noah
2. a male given name from Arabic

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya