روان

See also: زوان

Arabic

Etymology

From French Rouen, q.v.

Proper noun

روان • (transliteration needed?

  1. Rouen (a city in France)

Persian

Etymology 1

From رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the first part is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Adjective

روان • (ravân) (comparative روان‌تَر, superlative روان‌تَرین)

  1. fluid
  2. flowing
  3. fluent
Descendants
  • Urdu: روان (ravān)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwbʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (rwʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/, soul). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾrwʾn /⁠arwān⁠/, soul), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥- (urvan-, soul; immortal part of a human being or an animal), Pashto: اروا, and perhaps Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, shape, form). Ultimately perhaps from Proto-Iranian *urw-āna- (literally what has created a wide room for itself); compare Sanskrit उरु (uru, space, wide scope, liberty).[1] Old Armenian ուրու (uru, ghost) is probably an Iranian loanword.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rä.wɑːn~ɾʊ.wɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [rä.wɑːn~ɾʊ.wɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [rä.wɔːn~ɾu.wɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? rawān~ruwān
Dari reading? rawān~ruwān
Iranian reading? ravân~rovân
Tajik reading? ravon~ruvon

Noun

روان • (ravân) (plural روان‌ها)

  1. psyche
  2. soul
  3. spirit
Synonyms
Derived terms

Proper noun

روان • (ravân)

  1. a female given name, Ravan, from Middle Persian

References

  1. ^ Skalmowski, Wojciech (1984) “Wheel within Wheel: Remarks on Bundahišn”, in Wojciech Skalmowski and Alois van Tongerloo, editors, Middle Iranian Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium organized by the Katolieke Universiteit Leuven from the the 17th to the 20th of May 1982 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 16), Leuven: Peeters, page 306

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? rawān
Dari reading? rawān
Iranian reading? ravân
Tajik reading? ravon

Proper noun

روان • (ravân)

  1. alternative form of ایروان (iravân, Yerevan)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “روان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian روان (ravān, fluid, flowing), a compound of رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the former is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Pronunciation

Adjective

رَوان • (ravān or rawān) (Hindi spelling रवान)

  1. fluid
  2. flowing
  3. fluent

Derived terms

  • رَوانی (ravānī, fluency, sharpness, speed, flow)
  • رَوان٘گی (ravāngī, departure, going, leaving, death)
  • رَوانِیٔ طَبَع (ravān-e-'taba, continuous flow of ideas)
  • رَوانیِٔ خُون (ravān-e-xūn, blood circulation)
  • رَہ رَوانِ مُحَبَّت (rah-ravān-e-muhabbat, travellers of the path of love)

Ushojo

Verb

روان (ravān)

  1. to walk
  2. to move