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Arabic
Noun
جَوَان • (jawān ) m pl or f
plural of جَانّ ( jānn )
Synonyms: جِنَّة ( jinna ) , جِنّ ( jinn ) , جِنَّان ( jinnān )
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō .
Adjective
جوان • (jawán )
young
Antonyms
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō .
Cognate with Persian جوان ( javân ) , Pashto ځوان ( źwān ) , Sanskrit युवन् ( yúvan ) , Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane ), Latvian jauns , Old English ġeong (English young ).
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /d͡ʒəwaːn/
Hyphenation: ج‧وان
Adjective
جوان (ciwan )
beautiful
young
Synonyms: لاو ( law ) , گەنج ( genc )
Antonym: پیر ( pîr )
Derived terms
References
îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008 ) “جوان ”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary ], Tehran: suha, page 186
Hejar (1990 ) “جوان ”, in Henbane borîne , Tehran: Soroush, page 185
Wahby, T. , Edmonds, C. J. (1966 ) “cuwan ”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary , page 24
Khalaj
Adjective
جَوان or جُوان (cəvân or cuvân )
Arabic spelling of cəvân , cuvân ( “ young ” )
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From French joint .
Pronunciation
Noun
جوان • (jwān ) m (plural جوانات ( jwānāt ) )
joint , marijuana cigarette
Northern Kurdish
Adjective
جوان (Ciwan )
Arabic spelling of ciwan
Noun
جوان (Ciwan ) m
Arabic spelling of ciwan
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Persian جوان , from Middle Persian ( yw'n /ǰuwān/ ) , from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō .
Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan , Pashto ځوان ( źwān ) , Sanskrit युवन् ( yúvan ) , Latin iuvenis Italian giovane , French jeune , Spanish joven , Latvian jauns , English young ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
جوان • (civan )
young
Synonyms
Descendants
Persian
چند مرد و زنِ جوان در مُسکو
Young men and women in Moscow
Etymology
From Middle Persian ( yw'n /ǰuwān/ ) , from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō .
Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan , Pashto ځوان ( źwān ) , Sanskrit युवन् ( yúvan ) , Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane , French jeune , or Spanish joven ), Latvian jauns , Old English ġeong (English young ).
Pronunciation
Readings
Classical reading?
jawān
Dari reading?
jawān
Iranian reading?
javân
Tajik reading?
javon
Adjective
Dari
جوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik
ҷавон
جوان • (javân ) (comparative جوانتَر ( javân-tar ) , superlative جوانتَرین ( javân-tarin ) )
young
youthful
Inflection
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Enclitic -attached forms of جوان ( javân )
Basic forms of جوان ( javân )
bare
جوان (javân)
ezâfe
جوان (javân-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite
جوانی (javân-i)
Possessive forms of جوان ( javân )
singular
plural
1st person (“my, our”)
جوانم (javânam)
جوانمان (javânemân) △ (javânemun)
2nd person (“your”)
جوانت (javânat) △ (javânet)
جوانتان (javânetân) △ (javânetun)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)
جوانش (javânaš) △ (javâneš)
جوانشان (javânešân) △ (javânešun)
△ Colloquial.
Predicative forms of جوان ( javân )
singular
plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)
جوانم (javânam)
جوانیم (javânim)
2nd person (“you are”)
جوانی (javâni)
جوانید (javânid) جوانین △ (javânin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)
جوان است (javân ast) جوانه △ (javâne)
جوانند (javânand) جوانن △ (javânan)
△ Colloquial.
Antonyms
Descendants
Noun
Dari
جوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik
ҷавон
جوان • (javân ) (plural جوانها ( javân-hâ ) or جوانان ( javânân ) )
youth
youngster
young person
Synonyms
Proper noun
جوان • (javân )
a female given name , Javan , from Middle Persian
a surname from Middle Persian , Javan
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جوان ( jawān ) .
Adjective
جوان • (javānu )
young
Tunisian Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French juin .
Pronunciation
Noun
جوان (jwān ) m
June
See also
Etymology 2
From French joint .
Pronunciation
Noun
جوان (jwān ) m (plural جوانات ( jwānēt ) )
joint
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جوان ( jawān ) , from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō . Compare also Sanskrit युवन् ( yúvan ) .
Adjective
جوان • (javān or juvān ) (Hindi spelling जवान )
young
youthful