Ciwan

See also: ciwan

Atayal

Proper noun

Ciwan

  1. a female given name

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “Ciwan”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɪwaːn]
  • Hyphenation: Ci‧wan

Proper noun

Ciwan ?

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Sometimes pronounced as Cîvan by Kurds from Northern Kurdistan, because the word ciwan (“young”) doesn't exist in most regions there. It's spread as a name caused it to be written in the Turkish alphabet as Civan, and Northerners who were unfamiliar with the word started to pronounce it as Cîvan.

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