ژوان

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒwaːn/

Noun
Northern Kurdish jivan

ژوان (jwan)

  1. tryst; date, appointment

Derived terms
  • جێژوان (cêjwan)
  • ژوانگە (jwange)

Descendants
  • → Persian: ژوان (žovân)

References
  • îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ژوان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 582
  • Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ژووان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 329
  • Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ژووان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 364
  • Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “juwan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 70

Persian

Etymology

From Central Kurdish ژوان (jwan, “tryst”).

Proper noun

ژوان • (žovân)

  1. a female given name, Zhovan, from Central Kurdish
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