ژان

See also: ران and زان

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish jan
Southern Kurdish ژان (jan)
Laki ژان (jan)

ژان (jan)

  1. pain, ache
    Synonyms: ئێش (êş), ئازار (azar)
  2. labour pain

Derived terms

  • بەرەژان (berejan)
  • بەژان (bejan)
  • ژانبِژاردِنەوە (janbijardinewe)
  • ژاندار (jandar)
  • ژانلێھاتِن (janlêhatin)
  • ژانوبِرک (janubirk)
  • ژانپێداھاتِن (janpêdahatin)
  • ژانکِردِن (jankirdin)
  • ژانگِرتِن (jangirtin)
  • ژانەسِک (janesik)
  • ژانەسەر (janeser)

References

  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ژان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 792
  • Thackston, W. M. (2006) “zhân”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 238
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “jan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 578
  • McCarus, E. N. (1958) “žán”, in A Kurdish Grammar: Descriptive Analysis of the Kurdish of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, New York: American Council of Learned Societies Program in Oriental Languages, Publications Series B-Aids-Number 10, page 137
  • Mukriyanî, Gîw (1999) “ژان”, in Ferhengî kurdistan [Kurdistan dictionary], Erbil: Aras, page 547
  • Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ژان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 328
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ژان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 362

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? žân

Proper noun

ژان • (žân)

  1. a transliteration of the French male given name Jean

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra).

Noun

ژان (žān)

  1. mill