Ottoman Turkish

Noun

جهان • ‎(cihan)

1. world
2. universe

Related terms

• جهان‌نما ‎(cihan-numa)

Descendants

• Turkish: cihan, Cihan

Persian

Alternative forms

• گیهان ‎(geyhân) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian gyhʾn' ‎(gēhān, “world”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæˈhɑn]

Noun

جهان • ‎(jahân) ‎(plural جهان‌ها ‎(jahân-hâ))

1. world
2. universe

Derived terms

• جهانی ‎(jahâni)
• جهانگرد ‎(jahângard)
• جهان‌نما ‎(jahân-namâ)
• پا به جهان گذاشتن ‎(pâ be jahân gozâštan)

Related terms

• کیهان ‎(keyhân)

Descendants

• Bashkir: йыһан ‎(yïhan)
• Hindustani:

  Urdu: جہان ‎(jahān)

• Ottoman Turkish: جهان ‎(cihan)
  • Turkish: cihan
• Punjabi: ਜਹਾਨ ‎(jahāna)
• Turkmen: jahan, älem-jahan
• Uzbek: jahon
• Uyghur: جاھان ‎(jahan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “gēhān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36

Proper noun

جهان • ‎(Jahân)

1. A male and female given name, Jahan

Descendants

• Russian: Джаха́н ‎(Džaxán) (via Turkic)
• Ottoman Turkish: جهان ‎(Cihan)
  • Turkish: Cihan