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جوان

جوان

See also: ځوان and خوان

Baluchi

Adjective

جوان (jawán)

  1. young

Antonyms


Persian

Dari جوان
Iranian Persian جوان
Tajik ҷавон (javon)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian, from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognate with Kurdish ciwan, Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane), Latvian jauns, Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

Adjective

جوان (javân) (comparative جوان‌تر, superlative جوان‌ترین)

  1. young
  2. youthful

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

Dari جوان
Iranian Persian جوان
Tajik ҷавон (javon)

جوان (javân) (plural جوان‌ها (javân-hâ) or جوانان (javânân))

  1. youth
  2. youngster
  3. young person

Synonyms

  • جوانک (javânak)

Proper noun

جوان (Javân)

  1. A female given name
  2. A surname.

Related terms


Urdu

Etymology

From Persian جوان (javân), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Compare also Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan).

Adjective

جوان (javān or juvān) — Hindi spelling: जवान (javān)

  1. young
  2. youthful

Related terms

  • جوانی
  • جوانا
  • جوانانہ
  • جوانپن
  • جوانپنا