Central Kurdish edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Northern Kurdish jivan

ژوان (jwan)

  1. tryst; date, appointment

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Persian: ژوان (žovân)

References edit

  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ژوان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 582
  • Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ژووان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 329
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ژووان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 364
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “juwan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 70

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Central Kurdish ژوان (jwan, tryst).

Proper noun edit

ژوان (žovân)

  1. a female given name, Zhovan, from Central Kurdish