See also: زوان

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From French Rouen, q.v.

Proper noun edit

روان (Ruān?

  1. Rouen (a city in France)

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the first part is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Adjective edit

روان (ravân) (comparative روان‌تَر (ravân-tar), superlative روان‌تَرین (ravân-tarin))

  1. fluid
  2. flowing
  3. fluent
Descendants edit
  • Urdu: روان (ravān)

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwbʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (rwʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/, soul). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾrwʾn /⁠arwān⁠/, soul), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥- (urvan-, soul; immortal part of a human being or an animal), and perhaps Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, shape, form). Ultimately perhaps from Proto-Iranian *urw-āna- (literally what has created a wide room for itself); compare Sanskrit उरु (uru, space, wide scope, liberty).[1] Old Armenian ուրու (uru, ghost) is probably an Iranian loanword.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? rawān~ruwān
Dari reading? rawān~ruwān
Iranian reading? ravân~rovân
Tajik reading? ravon~ruvon

Noun edit

روان (ravân) (plural روان‌ها (ravân-hâ))

  1. psyche
  2. soul
  3. spirit
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

روان (ravân)

  1. a female given name, Ravan, from Middle Persian

References edit

  1. ^ Skalmowski, Wojciech (1984) “Wheel within Wheel: Remarks on Bundahišn”, in Wojciech Skalmowski and Alois van Tongerloo, editors, Middle Iranian Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium organized by the Katolieke Universiteit Leuven from the the 17th to the 20th of May 1982 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 16), Leuven: Peeters, page 306

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian روان (ravān, fluid, flowing), a compound of رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the former is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

رَوان (ravān or rawān) (Hindi spelling रवान)

  1. fluid
  2. flowing
  3. fluent

Derived terms edit

Ushojo edit

Verb edit

روان (ravān)

  1. to walk
  2. to move