خوان

See also: جوان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ و ن (ḵ w n)
8 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaw.waːn/
Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

خَوَّان • (ḵawwān) (feminine خَوَّانَة (ḵawwāna), masculine plural خَوَّانُونَ (ḵawwānūna), feminine plural خَوَّانَات (ḵawwānāt))

Declension

Declension of adjective **خَوَّان** (ḵawwān)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَوَّان ḵawwān	الْخَوَّان al-ḵawwān	خَوَّانَة ḵawwāna	الْخَوَّانَة al-ḵawwāna
nominative	خَوَّانٌ ḵawwānun	الْخَوَّانُ al-ḵawwānu	خَوَّانَةٌ ḵawwānatun	الْخَوَّانَةُ al-ḵawwānatu
accusative	خَوَّانًا ḵawwānan	الْخَوَّانَ al-ḵawwāna	خَوَّانَةً ḵawwānatan	الْخَوَّانَةَ al-ḵawwānata
genitive	خَوَّانٍ ḵawwānin	الْخَوَّانِ al-ḵawwāni	خَوَّانَةٍ ḵawwānatin	الْخَوَّانَةِ al-ḵawwānati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَوَّانَيْن ḵawwānayn	الْخَوَّانَيْن al-ḵawwānayn	خَوَّانَتَيْن ḵawwānatayn	الْخَوَّانَتَيْن al-ḵawwānatayn
nominative	خَوَّانَانِ ḵawwānāni	الْخَوَّانَانِ al-ḵawwānāni	خَوَّانَتَانِ ḵawwānatāni	الْخَوَّانَتَانِ al-ḵawwānatāni
accusative	خَوَّانَيْنِ ḵawwānayni	الْخَوَّانَيْنِ al-ḵawwānayni	خَوَّانَتَيْنِ ḵawwānatayni	الْخَوَّانَتَيْنِ al-ḵawwānatayni
genitive	خَوَّانَيْنِ ḵawwānayni	الْخَوَّانَيْنِ al-ḵawwānayni	خَوَّانَتَيْنِ ḵawwānatayni	الْخَوَّانَتَيْنِ al-ḵawwānatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	خَوَّانِين ḵawwānīn	الْخَوَّانِين al-ḵawwānīn	خَوَّانَات ḵawwānāt	الْخَوَّانَات al-ḵawwānāt
nominative	خَوَّانُونَ ḵawwānūna	الْخَوَّانُونَ al-ḵawwānūna	خَوَّانَاتٌ ḵawwānātun	الْخَوَّانَاتُ al-ḵawwānātu
accusative	خَوَّانِينَ ḵawwānīna	الْخَوَّانِينَ al-ḵawwānīna	خَوَّانَاتٍ ḵawwānātin	الْخَوَّانَاتِ al-ḵawwānāti
genitive	خَوَّانِينَ ḵawwānīna	الْخَوَّانِينَ al-ḵawwānīna	خَوَّانَاتٍ ḵawwānātin	الْخَوَّانَاتِ al-ḵawwānāti

Related terms

خَانَ (ḵāna)
خَوَّنَ (ḵawwana)
خَؤُون (ḵaʔūn)
خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian hw’n' (xwān, “tray, table”). Compare Classical Persian (xwân, “table, tablecloth”).

Noun

خُوَان or خِوَان • (ḵuwān or ḵiwān) m (plural أَخْوِنَة (ʔaḵwina) or أَخَاوِين (ʔaḵāwīn))

table, particularly such one as is fit for dining
Synonyms: مَائِدَة (māʔida), طَاوِلَة (ṭāwila), مِنْضَدَة (minḍada)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 70:14:
  مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ —صَلَّى اللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ— أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكُرُّجَةٍ قَطُّ، وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ، وَلَا أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ
  mā ʕalimtu n-nabiyya —ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama— ʔakala ʕalā sukurrujatin qaṭṭu, wa-lā ḵubiza la-hū muraqqaqun qaṭṭu, wa-lā ʔakala ʕalā ḵiwānin
  I never knew the Prophet—may God bless him and grant him peace—to ever eat from a side-dish plate, or to eat crumbled bread, or to eat at a table.

Declension

Declension of noun **خُوَان** (ḵuwān)‎; **خِوَان** (ḵiwān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُوَان‎; خِوَان ḵuwān‎; ḵiwān	الْخُوَان‎; الْخِوَان al-ḵuwān‎; al-ḵiwān	خُوَان‎; خِوَان ḵuwān‎; ḵiwān
nominative	خُوَانٌ‎; خِوَانٌ ḵuwānun‎; ḵiwānun	الْخُوَانُ‎; الْخِوَانُ al-ḵuwānu‎; al-ḵiwānu	خُوَانُ‎; خِوَانُ ḵuwānu‎; ḵiwānu
accusative	خُوَانًا‎; خِوَانًا ḵuwānan‎; ḵiwānan	الْخُوَانَ‎; الْخِوَانَ al-ḵuwāna‎; al-ḵiwāna	خُوَانَ‎; خِوَانَ ḵuwāna‎; ḵiwāna
genitive	خُوَانٍ‎; خِوَانٍ ḵuwānin‎; ḵiwānin	الْخُوَانِ‎; الْخِوَانِ al-ḵuwāni‎; al-ḵiwāni	خُوَانِ‎; خِوَانِ ḵuwāni‎; ḵiwāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُوَانَيْن‎; خِوَانَيْن ḵuwānayn‎; ḵiwānayn	الْخُوَانَيْن‎; الْخِوَانَيْن al-ḵuwānayn‎; al-ḵiwānayn	خُوَانَيْ‎; خِوَانَيْ ḵuwānay‎; ḵiwānay
nominative	خُوَانَانِ‎; خِوَانَانِ ḵuwānāni‎; ḵiwānāni	الْخُوَانَانِ‎; الْخِوَانَانِ al-ḵuwānāni‎; al-ḵiwānāni	خُوَانَا‎; خِوَانَا ḵuwānā‎; ḵiwānā
accusative	خُوَانَيْنِ‎; خِوَانَيْنِ ḵuwānayni‎; ḵiwānayni	الْخُوَانَيْنِ‎; الْخِوَانَيْنِ al-ḵuwānayni‎; al-ḵiwānayni	خُوَانَيْ‎; خِوَانَيْ ḵuwānay‎; ḵiwānay
genitive	خُوَانَيْنِ‎; خِوَانَيْنِ ḵuwānayni‎; ḵiwānayni	الْخُوَانَيْنِ‎; الْخِوَانَيْنِ al-ḵuwānayni‎; al-ḵiwānayni	خُوَانَيْ‎; خِوَانَيْ ḵuwānay‎; ḵiwānay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَخْوِنَة‎; أَخَاوِين ʔaḵwina‎; ʔaḵāwīn	الْأَخْوِنَة‎; الْأَخَاوِين al-ʔaḵwina‎; al-ʔaḵāwīn	أَخْوِنَة‎; أَخَاوِين ʔaḵwinat‎; ʔaḵāwīn
nominative	أَخْوِنَةٌ‎; أَخَاوِينُ ʔaḵwinatun‎; ʔaḵāwīnu	الْأَخْوِنَةُ‎; الْأَخَاوِينُ al-ʔaḵwinatu‎; al-ʔaḵāwīnu	أَخْوِنَةُ‎; أَخَاوِينُ ʔaḵwinatu‎; ʔaḵāwīnu
accusative	أَخْوِنَةً‎; أَخَاوِينَ ʔaḵwinatan‎; ʔaḵāwīna	الْأَخْوِنَةَ‎; الْأَخَاوِينَ al-ʔaḵwinata‎; al-ʔaḵāwīna	أَخْوِنَةَ‎; أَخَاوِينَ ʔaḵwinata‎; ʔaḵāwīna
genitive	أَخْوِنَةٍ‎; أَخَاوِينَ ʔaḵwinatin‎; ʔaḵāwīna	الْأَخْوِنَةِ‎; الْأَخَاوِينِ al-ʔaḵwinati‎; al-ʔaḵāwīni	أَخْوِنَةِ‎; أَخَاوِينِ ʔaḵwinati‎; ʔaḵāwīni

Descendants

→ Tigre: ክዋና (kəwana, “elevated sleeping-spot of a shepherd”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

خُوَّان • (ḵuwwān) m pl

masculine plural of خَائِن (ḵāʔin)

Noun

خُوَّان • (ḵuwwān) m pl

plural of خَائِن (ḵāʔin)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian (xvân, “table, tablecloth”).

Noun

خوان • (han, hon)

a large tray which serves as a table, board where viands are processed or eaten
meal, food, victuals

Etymology 2

From Persian (xân, “read”).

Adjective

خوان • (han)

(in compounds) reading, who recites
قرآن خوان ― Kur'an han ― Quran reader

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian (xvân).

Noun

خوان • (xwân) m

a large tray which serves as a table

Derived terms

دسترخوان, دستر خوان (dastarxwân, “table-cloth; a meal setting”)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hw’n' /⁠xwān⁠/, “tray, table”). Compare Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (xᵛaⁱni, “cover, carpet”) and Old Armenian խան (xan), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈxʷaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwān
Dari reading^?	xān
Iranian reading^?	xân
Tajik reading^?	xon

Noun


Iranian Persian	خوان
Dari	خوان
Tajik	хон

خوان • (xân)

table or large tray particularly such one as is fit for dining
(dated) tablecloth

Derived terms

دسترخوان (dastarxân, “table-cloth; a meal setting”)
خوانپایه (xânpâya, “table-cloth”)
خوانچه (xânče)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: խօն (xōn)
- Armenian: խոն (xon)
Urdu: خوان (xān or xvān, “tray”)

Etymology 2

Verb

خوان • (xvân)

present stem form of (xvândan, “to read”)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hw’n'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95
Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 530