جوان

See also: ځوان and خوان

Arabic

Noun

جَوَان • (jawān) m pl or f

plural of جَانّ (jānn)
Synonyms: جِنَّة (jinna), جِنّ (jinn), جِنَّان (jinnān)

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Adjective

جوان • (jawán)

young

Antonyms

پیر (pír)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Persian (javân), Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane), Latvian jauns, Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəwaːn/
Hyphenation: ج‧وان

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	ciwan

جوان (ciwan)

beautiful
young
Synonyms: لاو (law), گەنج (genc)

Antonym: پیر (pîr)

Derived terms

جوانی (ciwanî)
جوانکیلە (ciwankîle)
جوانەگا (ciwanega)

References

îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “جوان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 186
Hejar (1990) “جوان”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 185
Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “cuwan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24

Khalaj

Adjective

جَوان or جُوان (cəvân or cuvân)

Arabic spelling of cəvân, cuvân (“young”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From French joint.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒwaːn/

Noun

جوان • (jwān) m (plural جوانات (jwānāt))

joint, marijuana cigarette

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

جوان (Ciwan)

Arabic spelling of ciwan

Noun

جوان (Ciwan) m

Arabic spelling of ciwan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian , from Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan, Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis Italian giovane, French jeune, Spanish joven, Latvian jauns, English young).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvan/

Adjective

جوان • (civan)

young

Synonyms

گنج (genc)

Descendants

Turkish: civan

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

جوان

Wikipedia ^fa

چند مرد و زنِ جوان در مُسکو

Young men and women in Moscow

Alternative forms

جوون (javun)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan, Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane, French jeune, or Spanish joven), Latvian jauns, Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.ˈwɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jawān
Dari reading^?	jawān
Iranian reading^?	javân
Tajik reading^?	javon

Audio (Iran): (file)

Adjective


Iranian Persian	جوان
Dari	جوان
Tajik	ҷавон

جوان • (javân) (comparative جوان‌تَر (javân-tar), superlative جوان‌تَرین (javân-tarin))

Inflection

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Enclitic-attached forms of جوان (javân)

Basic forms of جوان (javân)
bare	جوان (javân)
ezâfe	جوان (javân-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	جوانی (javân-i)

Possessive forms of جوان (javân)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“my, our”)	جوانم (javânam)	جوانمان (javânemân) [Term?]^△ (javânemun)
2^nd person (“your”)	جوانت (javânat) [Term?]^△ (javânet)	جوانتان (javânetân) [Term?]^△ (javânetun)
3^rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	جوانش (javânaš) [Term?]^△ (javâneš)	جوانشان (javânešân) [Term?]^△ (javânešun)
^△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of جوان (javân)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“I am, we are”)	جوانم (javânam)	جوانیم (javânim)
2^nd person (“you are”)	جوانی (javâni)	جوانید (javânid) جوانین ^△ (javânin)
3^rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	جوان است (javân ast) جوانه ^△ (javâne)	جوانند (javânand) جوانن ^△ (javânan)
^△ Colloquial.

Antonyms

پیر (pir)

Descendants

→ Khalaj: cəvân

Noun


Iranian Persian	جوان
Dari	جوان
Tajik	ҷавон

جوان • (javân) (plural جوان‌ها (javân-hâ) or جوانان (javânân))

Synonyms

جوانک (javânak)

Proper noun

جوان • (javân)

a female given name, Javan, from Middle Persian
a surname from Middle Persian, Javan

Related terms

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jawān).

Adjective

جوان • (javānu)

young

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French juin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒwɑ̃/

Noun

جوان (jwān) m

June

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jawān), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō. Compare also Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan).

Adjective

جوان • (javān or juvān) (Hindi spelling जवान)

Related terms

Gregorian calendar months in Tunisian Arabic · أشهرة سوري (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
جانفي	فيفري	مارس	أفريل
May	June	July	August
ماي	جوان	جويلية	أوت
September	October	November	December
سبتمبر	أكتوبر	نوفمبر	ديسمبر