Proto-Iranian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₁ō.
Adjective
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*HyúHā
- youthful, young
Descendants
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- Central Iranian:
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: [Term?] (“young bull calf”) (>*HyúHān-akaH "young offspring")
- Digor Ossetian: иуонӕг (iwonæg)
- Iron Ossetian: иуонуг (iwonug), уӕнуг (wænug, “steer”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (jva-), [script needed] (jvā)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: ځوان (źwā́n, źëwā́n), جوان (jawā́n)
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (wānīc, “calf”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: جوان (jawán)
- Proto-Kurdish: (“young; beautiful”)
- Central Kurdish: جِوان (ciwan)
- Northern Kurdish: ciwan
- Southern Kurdish: جووان (cuwan)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: جوان (ǰəvån)
- Old Mazanderani: جونه (ǰūna)
- Mazanderani: جوان (ǰavān)
- Old Median:
- Kermanic:
- Yazdi: جون (ǰvun, “beautiful; young”)
- Zoroastrian Dari: جوون (ǰovūn, “beautiful”)
- Proto-Tatic:
- Talysh: (/ǰıvon/)
- Arabic script: جوون
- Latin script: cıvon
- Old Tati:
- Old Azari: یوان (yawān)
- Parthian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ywʾn /yuwān/, “youth, young man”)
- Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/ǰuwān/, “young; a youth”)
- Manichaean script: 𐫋𐫇𐫀𐫗 (jwʾn)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywḇʾn')
- Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮅𐮁𐮀𐮌𐮈𐮄𐮈 (“youth”)
- Lurish:
- Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
- Bakhtiari: جڤۊ (jevu)
- Classical Persian: جوان (ǰawān)
- Dari: جوان (ǰawān)
- Iranian Persian: جوان (ǰavān)
- Tajik: ҷавон (javon)
- → Yagnobi: ҷувон (ǰuwon)
- Hindustani:
- → Urdu: جوان (javān)
- → Hindi: जवान (javān)
- → Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan)