civan

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish جوان, from Persian جوان. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, thus a doublet of jön. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yauuan), Latin iuvenis, Lithuanian jaunas, English young, Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Irish óg.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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civan

  1. young

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