روان
Arabic
Etymology
Proper noun
روان • (transliteration needed) ?
Persian
Etymology 1
From رو (rav) + ـان (-ân); the first part is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).
Adjective
روان • (ravân) (comparative روان‌تَر (ravân-tar), superlative روان‌تَرین (ravân-tarin))
Descendants
- → Urdu: روان (ravān)
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian (lwbʾn /ruwān/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (rwʾn /ruwān/, “soul”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾrwʾn /arwān/, “soul”), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥- (urvan-, “soul; immortal part of a human being or an animal”), Pashto: اروا, and perhaps Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “shape, form”). Ultimately perhaps from Proto-Iranian *urw-āna- (literally “what has created a wide room for itself”); compare Sanskrit उरु (uru, “space, wide scope, liberty”).[1] Old Armenian ուրու (uru, “ghost”) is probably an Iranian loanword.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rawān~ruwān |
| Dari reading? | rawān~ruwān |
| Iranian reading? | ravân~rovân |
| Tajik reading? | ravon~ruvon |
Noun
روان • (ravân) (plural روان‌ها (ravân-hâ))
Synonyms
- روح (ruh)
Derived terms
- روانی (ravâni)
- انوشیروان (anuširavân)
- روان‌پریش (ravân-pariš)
- روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši)
- روان‌کاو (ravân-kâve)
- روان‌کاوی (ravân-kâvi)
- روان‌پزشک (ravân-pezešk)
- روان‌پزشکی (ravân-pezeški)
- روان‌شناس (ravân-šenâs)
- روان‌شناسی (ravân-šenâsi)
Proper noun
روان • (ravân)
- a female given name, Ravan, from Middle Persian
References
- ^ Skalmowski, Wojciech (1984) “Wheel within Wheel: Remarks on Bundahišn”, in Wojciech Skalmowski and Alois van Tongerloo, editors, Middle Iranian Studies: Proceedings of the International Symposium organized by the Katolieke Universiteit Leuven from the the 17th to the 20th of May 1982 (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 16), Leuven: Peeters, page 306
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rawān |
| Dari reading? | rawān |
| Iranian reading? | ravân |
| Tajik reading? | ravon |
Proper noun
روان • (ravân)
- Alternative form of ایروان (iravân, “Yerevan”)
References
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “روان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology
From Classical Persian روان (ravān, “fluid, flowing”), a compound of رو (rav) + ـان (-ân); the former is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾə.ʋɑːn.~ɾə.wɑːn/
Adjective
رَوان • (ravān or rawān) (Hindi spelling रवान)
Derived terms
- رَوانی (ravānī, “fluency, sharpness, speed, flow”)
- رَوان٘گی (ravāngī, “departure, going, leaving, death”)
- رَوانِیٔ طَبَع (ravān-e-'taba, “continuous flow of ideas”)
- رَوانیِٔ خُون (ravān-e-xūn, “blood circulation”)
- رَہ رَوانِ مُحَبَّت (rah-ravān-e-muhabbat, “travellers of the path of love”)
Ushojo
Verb
روان (ravān)