айван

Chuvash

Etymology

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Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.

Chuvash айван (ajvan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Adjective

айван • (ajvan)

1. stupid, unreasonable
2. naïve, aloof

Derived terms

• айванлӑх (ajvanlăh)

References

• “айван”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “айван”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 22

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.

Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.

Nogai айван (ayvan)

Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

Noun

айван • (ayvan)

1. animal