تاوان
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- طاوان (tavan), طوان (tavan)
Etymology
Unknown. Nişanyan does not consider Old Turkic [script needed] (taban) to be related and doubts the similar Classical Syriac ܬܘܢܐ (tawwān, “room”) is the origin.
Noun
تاوان • (tavan) (definite accusative تاوانی (tavanı), plural تاوانلر (tavanlar))
Derived terms
- آغز تاوانی (ağız tavanı, “palate of the mouth”)
- تاوان آراسی (tavan arası, “space between the ceiling and the roof”)
- تاوان دلیكی (tavan deliği, “oculus, skylight”)
- تاوان سوپوركه‌سی (tavan süpürgesi, “ceiling broom”)
- تاوان كوبكی (tavan göbeği, “central ornament of a ceiling”)
- تاوانلامق (tavanlamak, “to ceil”)
- تاوانلتمق (tavanlatmak, “to make or let be ceiled”)
- تاوانلنمق (tavanlanmak, “to be ceiled”)
- تكنه تاوان (tekne tavan, “concave ceiling”)
Descendants
- Turkish: tavan
- → Albanian: tavan
- → Armenian: թավան (tʻavan)
- → Bulgarian: таван (tavan)
- → Crimean Tatar: tavan
- → Greek: ταβάνι (taváni)
- → Macedonian: таван (tavan)
- → Romanian: tavan
- → Serbo-Croatian: tavan, таван
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “تاوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 436
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tavan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4642
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “تاوان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 143b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تاوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 338
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Laquear”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 915
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “تاوان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 1047
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tavan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تاوان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 481
Pashto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑˈwɑn/
Noun
تاوان • (tāwān) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | تاوان (tāwān) | تاوانونه (tāwānuna) |
| oblique | تاوان (tāwān) | تاوانونو (tāwānuno) |
| vocative | تاوانه (tāwāna) | تاوانونو (tāwānuno) |
Derived terms
- تاوان اخيستل
- تاوان جن
- تاوان رسوونکی
- تاوان ورکول
- تاوان کول, تاوانول
- تاواني
- تاوانېدل, تاوان کېدل
References
Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “تاوان”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (t'dw'n' /tāvān/, “compensation, obligation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /taː.ˈwaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒː.vɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔ.vɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tāwān |
| Dari reading? | tāwān |
| Iranian reading? | tâvân |
| Tajik reading? | tovon |
Noun
تاوان • (tâvân) (plural تاوان ها (tâvân-hâ))
References
Mackenzie, D. N. (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. p. 82. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
تاوان (tāvān)