айван

Chuvash

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.
    Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.
    Chuvash айван (ajvan)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

    Adjective

    айван • (ajvan)

    1. stupid, unreasonable
    2. naïve, aloof

    References

    • “айван”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
    • Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “айван”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 22

    Nogai

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.
      Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.
      Nogai айван (ayvan)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

      Noun

      айван • (ayvan)

      1. animal
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