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

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

Alternative forms

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

     

    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, superlative جوان‌تَرین)

    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

    Descendants

    Noun

    Dari جوان
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik ҷавон

    جوان • (javân) (plural جوان‌ها, or جوانان)

    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

    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, 3rd 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.
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