پهلوان
See also: بهلوان
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پهلوان (pahlevân, “hero, paladin; wrestler”). Doublet of بالابان (balaban, “large, huge”).
Noun
پهلوان • (pehlevân or pehlivân) (definite accusative پهلوانی (pehlevânı, pehlivânı), plural پهلوانلر (pehlevânlar, pehlivânlar))
- pehlivan, a Turkish wrestler in the sport of yağlı güreş or oil wrestling
- Synonym: كورشجی (güreşci)
- hero, paladin, champion, somebody who possesses great courage
- athlete, sportsperson, anyone who actively participates in physical sports
Derived terms
- پهلوان تكیه‌سی (pehlevân tekyesi, “wrestling academy”)
- پهلوان صلاطه‌سی (pehlevân salatası, “oil and vinegar, as a condiment”)
- پهلوان كوی (pehlivân köy, “Pehlivanköy, a district in Turkey”)
- پهلوان یاقیسی (pehlevân yakısı, “blister of Spanish flies”)
- پهلوانانه (pehlevânane, pehlivânane, “special to a wrestler”)
- پهلوانلق (pehlevânlık, pehlivânlık, “quality or act of a wrestler”)
- پهلوانی (pehlevâni, pehlivâni, “special to a wrestler”)
Descendants
- Turkish: pehlivan
- → Albanian: pehlivan
- → Armenian: փէյլիվան (pʻēylivan), փա̈յլիվան (pʻäylivan), փէհլիվան (pʻēhlivan)
- → Bulgarian: пехливан (pehlivan)
- → English: pehlivan
- → Macedonian: пеливан (pelivan)
- → Greek: πεχλιβάνης (pechlivánis)
- → Romanian: pehlivan
- → Serbo-Croatian: pehlìvān / пехлѝва̄н
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “پهلوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 421
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pehlivan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3810
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پهلوان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 137a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پهلوان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 329
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Athleta”, 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 96
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “پهلوان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 960
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pehlivan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پهلوان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 461
Persian
Alternative forms
- پهلوون (pahlevun) (eye-dialect)
Etymology
Ultimately from the name of the Parthians. Compare پهلو (pahlav), پهلوی (pahlavi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /pah.la.ˈwaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.wɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰæɦ.le.vɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰäɦ.lä.vɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pahlawān |
| Dari reading? | pahlawān |
| Iranian reading? | pahlevân |
| Tajik reading? | pahlavon |
Noun
| Dari | پهلوان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | паҳлавон |
پهلوان • (pahlevân) (plural پهلوان‌ها, or پهلوانان)
- strong athletic man
- hero, paladin, champion
- Synonym: قهرمان (qahramân)
- (archaic) army commander
- wrestler
- Synonym: کشتی‌گیر (košti-gir)
Derived terms
- پهلوانی (pahlavâni)
- پهلوانانه (pahlavânâne)
- جهان‌پهلوان (jahân-pahlavân)
- پهلوان‌باشی (pahlavân-bâši)
- پهلوان‌پنبه (pahlavân-panbe)
Related terms
- پهلو (pahlow)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بَهْلَوَان (bahlawān)
- → Bengali: পালোয়ান (palowan)
- → Armenian: փահլեւան (pʻahlewan)
- → Azerbaijani: pəhləvan
- → Georgian: ფალავანი (palavani)
- → Gujarati: પહલવાન (pahalvān)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kazakh: палуан (paluan), балуан (baluan)
- → Malay: pahlawan
- > Indonesian: pahlawan (inherited)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân)
- → Uyghur: پەھلىۋان (pehliwan)
- → Uzbek: pahlavon
Proper noun
پهلوان • (pahlavân)
- a surname, Pahlavan