جوان

See also: ځوان and خوان

Arabic

Noun

جَوَان • (jawān) m pl or f

1. plural of جَانّ (jānn)

   Synonym: 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

• جوانکیلە (ciwankîle)
• جوانی (ciwanî)
• 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: شاب (şab), كنج (genc)

Descendants

• Turkish: civan
• → Armenian: ջիվան (ǰivan), ճիւան (čiwan)

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

Basic forms of جوان

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

Possessive forms of جوان

	singular	plural
1st person (“my, our”)	جوانم (javânam)	جوانمان (javânemân, javânemun△)
2nd person (“your”)	جوانت (javânat, javânet△)	جوانتان (javânetân, javânetun△)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	جوانش (javânaš, javâneš△)	جوانشان (javânešân, 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، جوانین△ (javânid, javânin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	جوان است، جوانه△ (javân ast, javâne△)	جوانند، جوانن△ (javânand, javânan△)

^△ Colloquial.

Antonyms

• پیر (pir)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cavan
• ⇒ Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan)
• → Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

  Hindi: जवान (javān)

  Urdu: جَوان (javān)

• → Khalaj: cəvân
• → Malayalam: ജവാന (javāna)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جوان (civan)
  • Turkish: civan
  • → Armenian: ջիվան (ǰivan), ճիւան (čiwan)

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

Alternative forms

• جَواں (javā̃) — poetic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَوَان (jawān). Displaced جُْوان (juvān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: جَ‧وان

Adjective

جَوان • (javān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling जवान)

1. young
2. youthful

Noun

جَوان • (javān) m (Hindi spelling जवान)

1. a young man
2. a soldier

   Synonyms: عَسْکَری ('askarī), فَوجی (faujī)

Declension

Declension of جوان

	singular	plural
direct	جَوان (javān)	جَوان (javān)
oblique	جَوان (javān)	جَوانوں (javānõ)
vocative	جَوان (javān)	جَوانو (javāno)

Derived terms

• جَوان پَن (javān pan)
• جَوان پَنا (javān panā)
• جَوانی (javānī)

Descendants

• → Tamil: ஜவான் (javāṉ)
• → Telugu: జవాను (javānu)

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “جوان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 486
• Platts, John T. (1884) “جوان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 394
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 236
• “جوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “جوان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 644
• “جوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.