جوان

See also: ځوان and خوان

Arabic

Noun

جَوَان • (jawān) m pl or f

1. plural of جَانّ (jānn)

   Synonym: جِنَّان (jinnān)

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Adjective

جوان • (jawán)

1. young

Antonyms

• پیر (pír)

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Persian جوان (javân), Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane), Latvian jauns, Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəwaːn/
• Hyphenation: ج‧وان

Adjective

Northern Kurdish	ciwan

جوان (ciwan)

1. beautiful
2. young

   Synonyms: لاو (law), گەنج (genc)

   Antonym: پیر (pîr)

Derived terms

• جوانکیلە (ciwankîle)
• جوانی (ciwanî)
• جوانەگا (ciwanega)

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008), “جوان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 186
• Hejar (1990), “جوان”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 185
• Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “cuwan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 24

Khalaj

Adjective

جَوان or جُوان (cəvân or cuvân)

1. Arabic spelling of cəvân, cuvân (“young”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From French joint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwaːn/

Noun

جوان • (jwān) m (plural جوانات (jwānāt))

1. joint, marijuana cigarette

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

جوان (Ciwan)

1. Arabic spelling of ciwan

Noun

جوان (Ciwan) m

1. Arabic spelling of ciwan

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian جوان, from Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan, Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis Italian giovane, French jeune, Spanish joven, Latvian jauns, English young).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvan/

Adjective

جوان • (civan, cüvan)

1. young

   Synonyms: شاب (şab), كنج (genc)

Descendants

• Turkish: civan
• → Armenian: ջիվան (ǰivan), ճիւան (čiwan)
• → Serbo-Croatian: adžuvan

Persian

چند مرد و زنِ جوان در مُسکو

Young men and women in Moscow

Alternative forms

• (colloquial, Iran) جَوون (javun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā

Proto-Iranian *HyúHā

Persian جوان

From Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish ciwan, Northern Luri جڤۆ (jevø), Pashto ځوان (źwān), Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Latin iuvenis (Italian giovane, French jeune, or Spanish joven), Latvian jauns, Old English ġeong (English young).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈwaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	jawān
Dari reading?	jawān
Iranian reading?	javân
Tajik reading?	javon

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

جوان • (jawān / javân) (comparative جوان‌تَر, superlative جوان‌تَرین, Tajik spelling ҷавон)

1. young
2. youthful

Inflection

Basic forms of جوان

bare	جوان (javân)
ezâfe	جوان (javân-e)
marked indefinite or relative definite	جوانی (javân-i)

Possessive forms of جوان

	singular	plural
1st person (“my, our”)	جوانم (javânam)	جوانمان (javânemân, javânemun△)
2nd person (“your”)	جوانت (javânat, javânet△)	جوانتان (javânetân, javânetun△)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	جوانش (javânaš, javâneš△)	جوانشان (javânešân, javânešun△)

^△ Colloquial.

Predicative forms of جوان (javân)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	جوانم (javânam)	جوانیم (javânim)
2nd person (“you are”)	جوانی (javâni)	جوانید، جوانین△ (javânid, javânin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	جوان است، جوانه△ (javân ast, javâne△)	جوانند، جوانن△ (javânand, javânan△)

^△ Colloquial.

Antonyms

• پیر (pīr / pir)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cavan
• ⇒ Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan)
• → Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)

  Hindi: जवान (javān)

  Urdu: جَوان (javān)

• → Khalaj: cəvân
• → Malayalam: ജവാന (javāna)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جوان (civan)
  • Turkish: civan
  • → Armenian: ջիվան (ǰivan), ճիւան (čiwan)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: adžuvan
• → Turkmen: juwan

Noun

جوان • (jawān / javân) (plural جوان‌ها (jawān-hā / javân-hâ), or جوانان (jawānān / javânân), Tajik spelling ҷавон)

1. youth
2. young person

   Synonym: (diminutive) جوانک (jawānak / javânak)

Derived terms

• جوانه (jawāna / javâne)
• جوانک (jawānak / javânak)
• جوانی (jawānī / javâni)

Related terms

• جان (jān / jân)

Proper noun

جوان • (jawān / javân) (Tajik spelling Ҷавон)

1. a male given name, Javan, from Middle Persian
2. a surname, Javan, from Middle Persian

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوان (jawān).

Adjective

جوان • (javānu)

1. young

Tunisian Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French juin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɑ̃/

Noun

جوان (jwān) m

1. June

See also

Gregorian calendar months in Tunisian Arabic · أشهرة سوري (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
جانفي	فيفري	مارس	أفريل
May	June	July	August
ماي	جوان	جويلية	أوت
September	October	November	December
سبتمبر	أكتوبر	نوفمبر	ديسمبر

Etymology 2

From French joint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɑ̃/

Noun

جوان (jwān) m (plural جوانات (jwānēt))

1. joint

Urdu

Alternative forms

• جَواں (javā̃) — poetic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَوَان (jawān). Displaced جُْوان (juvān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: جَ‧وان

Adjective

جَوان • (javān) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling जवान)

1. young
2. youthful

Noun

جَوان • (javān) m (Hindi spelling जवान)

1. a young man
2. a soldier

   Synonyms: عَسْکَری ('askarī), فَوجی (faujī)

Declension

Declension of جوان

	singular	plural
direct	جَوان (javān)	جَوان (javān)
oblique	جَوان (javān)	جَوانوں (javānõ)
vocative	جَوان (javān)	جَوانو (javāno)

Derived terms

• جَوان پَن (javān pan)
• جَوان پَنا (javān panā)
• جَوانی (javānī)

Descendants

• → Tamil: ஜவான் (javāṉ)
• → Telugu: జవాను (javānu)

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “جوان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 486
• Platts, John T. (1884), “جوان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 394
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جوان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 236
• “جوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “جوان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 644
• “جوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.