جوان

See also: ځوان and خوان

Arabic

Noun

جَوَان • (jawān) m pl or f

1. 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)

1. young

Antonyms

• پیر (pír)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

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

Cognate with Persian جوان (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)

1. beautiful
2. 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)

1. Arabic spelling of cəvân, cuvân (“young”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From French joint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwaːn/

Noun

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

1. joint, marijuana cigarette

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

جوان (Ciwan)

1. Arabic spelling of ciwan

Noun

جوان (Ciwan) m

1. Arabic spelling of ciwan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جوان, 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)

1. young

Synonyms

• گنج (genc)

Descendants

• Turkish: civan

Persian

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]

• (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

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Adjective

Dari	جوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷавон

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

1. young
2. youthful

Inflection

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 1st person (“my, our”) جوانم (javânam) جوانمان (javânemân) [Term?]△ (javânemun) 2nd person (“your”) جوانت (javânat) [Term?]△ (javânet) جوانتان (javânetân) [Term?]△ (javânetun) 3rd person (“his, her, its, their”) جوانش (javânaš) [Term?]△ (javâneš) جوانشان (javânešân) [Term?]△ (javânešun) △ Colloquial.     Predicative forms of جوان (javân) singular plural 1st person (“I am, we are”) جوانم (javânam) جوانیم (javânim) 2nd person (“you are”) جوانی (javâni) جوانید (javânid) جوانین △ (javânin) 3rd 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

Dari	جوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷавон

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

1. youth
2. youngster
3. young person

Synonyms

• جوانک (javânak)

Proper noun

جوان • (javân)

1. a female given name, Javan, from Middle Persian
2. a surname from Middle Persian, Javan

Related terms

• جوانه
• جوانی
• جون

 

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوان (jawān).

Adjective

جوان • (javānu)

1. young

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French juin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɑ̃/

Noun

جوان (jwān) m

1. June

See also

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

Etymology 2

From French joint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɑ̃/

Noun

جوان (jwān) m (plural جوانات (jwānēt))

1. joint

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوان (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)

1. young
2. youthful

Related terms

• جوان (jvān)
• جوانانعہ
• جوانپن
• جوانپنا
• جوانی (jvānī)