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)

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 (cwan)

1. Arabic spelling of ciwan

Noun

جوان (cwan) 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

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• (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

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

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

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)