جهان

See also: جہان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جهان (jahân).

Noun

جهان • (cihan)

1. world
2. universe

Related terms

• جهان‌نما (cihan-numa)

Descendants

• Turkish: cihan

Proper noun

جهان • (cihan)

1. a male given name, Jahan.

Descendants

• Turkish: Cihan

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Persian

Alternative forms

• گیهان (geyhân) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gyhʾn' /⁠gēhān⁠/, “worldly creatures, world”), from plural genitive form of Proto-Iranian *gay-θā- (compare Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁 (gaēθā-, “creature”)), equivalent to Middle Persian gēh +‎ -ān.

The original meaning of the word in Old Iranian and Pahlavi was (worldly) creatures, but the term in late Pahlavi and in Modern Persian came to mean ‘world’ in general.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæˈhɑn]
• Rhymes: -ân

Noun

Dari	جهان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҷаҳон

جهان • (jahân) (plural جهان‌ها (jahân-hâ))

1. world
2. universe

Derived terms

• جهانی (jahâni)
• جهانگرد (jahângard)
• جهان‌نما (jahân-namâ)
• پا به جهان گذاشتن (pâ be jahân gozâštan)

Related terms

• کیهان (keyhân)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: йыһан (yıhan)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: جہان (jahān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: جهان (cihan)
  • Turkish: cihan
• → Kazakh: жаһан (jahan), جاھان
• → Punjabi: ਜਹਾਨ (jahāna)
• → Turkmen: jahan, älem-jahan
• → Uzbek: jahon
• → Uyghur: جاھان (jahan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “gēhān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 36

Proper noun

جهان • (jahân)

1. a male or female given name, Jahan.

Descendants

• → Armenian: Ջիհան (J̌ihan), Ջահան (J̌ahan), Ջհան (J̌han)
• → Russian: Джаха́н (Džaxán) (via Turkic)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جهان (Cihan)
  • Turkish: Cihan