kovan

kovan

1. genitive singular of kova

• vanko

• IPA^(key): /koːˈvɑːn/

kovan

1. painful, sad
2. ravaged, devastated, ruined
3. uneasy, apprehensive, worried

   Heyva Gulanê, xweyî reza bi kul û kovanê

   The month of May, the vintner is worried and uneasy

kovan f (Arabic spelling كۆڤان)

1. sadness, pain, sorrow

   Synonyms: xem, keder, keser, kul, hesret

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kovan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 333

kovan (Cyrillic spelling кован)

1. masculine singular passive past participle of kovati

kovan

1. definite singular of kova

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوغان (koğan, “beehive”), perhaps a derivation from the Proto-Turkic verb *kova- (“to empty the inside, to hollow”).

kovan (definite accusative kovanı, plural kovanlar)

1. beehive

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kovan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2763
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kovan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük