کیوان

Persian


Iranian Persian	کیوان
Dari	کیوان
Tajik	кайвон

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaj.ˈwaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɑ́ːn], [kʰiː.wɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɑ́ːn], [kʰiː.wɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɔ́ːn], [kʰi.wɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲej.vɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kaywān
Dari reading^?	kaywān, kīwān
Iranian reading^?	keyvân
Tajik reading^?	kayvon

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kywʾn' (kēwān), ultimately from Akkadian 𒊕𒍑 (SAG.UŠ /⁠kaiamānu, kayamānu, kajamānu⁠/, “Saturn”, literally “regular, usual, steady, staying, abiding always”).

Proper noun

کیوان • (keyvân)

(astronomy) Saturn
Synonym: زحل (zohal)
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 174:
  پیشتر ز افلاک کیوان دیدهاند
  پیشتر از دانهها نان دیدهاند
  pēš-tar as aflāk kaywan dida-and
  pēš-tar as dāna-hā nān dida-and
  Before the (creation of the) heavens they have seen Saturn,
  before the (existence of) seeds they have seen the bread.
a male given name, Keyvan or Kayvan, from Middle Persian

Etymology 2

Noun

کیوان • (keyvân)

plural of