ژان

See also: ران and زان

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒaːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	jan
Southern Kurdish	ژان (jan)
Laki	ژان (jan)

ژان (jan)

1. pain, ache

   Synonyms: ئێش (êş), ئازار (azar)

2. labour pain

Derived terms

• بەرەژان (berejan)
• بەژان (bejan)
• ژانبِژاردِنەوە (janbijardinewe)
• ژاندار (jandar)
• ژانلێھاتِن (janlêhatin)
• ژانوبِرک (janubirk)
• ژانپێداھاتِن (janpêdahatin)
• ژانکِردِن (jankirdin)
• ژانگِرتِن (jangirtin)
• ژانەسِک (janesik)
• ژانەسەر (janeser)

 

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008) “ژان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 792
• Thackston, W. M. (2006) “zhân”, in Sorani Kurdish: A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings, Lecture Notes, Iranian Studies, Harvard University, page 238
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “jan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 578
• McCarus, E. N. (1958) “žán”, in A Kurdish Grammar: Descriptive Analysis of the Kurdish of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, New York: American Council of Learned Societies Program in Oriental Languages, Publications Series B-Aids-Number 10, page 137
• Mukriyanî, Gîw (1999) “ژان”, in Ferhengî kurdistan [Kurdistan dictionary], Erbil: Aras, page 547
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000) “ژان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 328
• Kurdojev, K. K., Jusupova, Z. A. (1983) “ژان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 362

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Jean.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒɒːn]

Readings
Iranian reading?	žân

Proper noun

ژان • (žân)

1. A transliteration of the French male given name Jean

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra).

Noun

ژان (žān)

1. mill