روان

See also: زوان

Arabic

Etymology

From French Rouen, q.v.

Proper noun

روان • (Ruān) ?

1. Rouen (a city in France)

Persian

Etymology 1

رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the first part is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Adjective

روان • (ravân) (comparative روان‌تَر (ravân-tar), superlative روان‌تَرین (ravân-tarin))

1. fluid
2. flowing
3. fluent

Descendants

• → Urdu: روان (ravān)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (lwbʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (rwʾn /⁠ruwān⁠/, “soul”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫀𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ʾrwʾn /⁠arwān⁠/, “soul”), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥- (urvan-, “soul; immortal part of a human being or an animal”), and perhaps Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “shape, form”). Ultimately perhaps from Proto-Iranian *urw-āna- (literally “what has created a wide room for itself”); compare Sanskrit उरु (uru, “space, wide scope, liberty”). Old Armenian ուրու (uru, “ghost”) is probably an Iranian loanword.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾa.wɑːn~ɾu.wɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wɑːn~ɾʊ.wɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rä.wɑːn~ɾʊ.wɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rä.wɑːn~ɾʊ.wɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rä.wɔːn~ɾu.wɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæ.vɒːn~ɹo.vɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾä.vɔn~ɾu.vɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	rawān~ruwān
Dari reading?	rawān~ruwān
Iranian reading?	ravân~rovân
Tajik reading?	ravon~ruvon

Noun

روان • (ravân) (plural روان‌ها (ravân-hâ))

1. psyche
2. soul
3. spirit

Synonyms

• روح (ruh)

Derived terms

• روانی (ravâni)
• روان‌پریش (ravân-pariš)
• روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši)
• روان‌کاو (ravân-kâve)
• روان‌کاوی (ravân-kâvi)
• روان‌پزشک (ravân-pezešk)
• روان‌پزشکی (ravân-pezeški)
• روان‌شناس (ravân-šenâs)
• روان‌شناسی (ravân-šenâsi)

Proper noun

روان • (ravân)

1. a female given name, Ravan, from Middle Persian

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian روان (ravān, “fluid, flowing”), a compound of رو (rav) +‎ ـان (-ân); the former is the present stem of رفتن (raftan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾə.ʋɑːn.~ɾə.wɑːn/

Adjective

رَوان • (ravān or rawān) (Hindi spelling रवान)

1. fluid
2. flowing
3. fluent

Derived terms

• رَوانی (ravānī, “fluency, sharpness, speed, flow”)
• رَوان٘گی (ravāngī, “departure, going, leaving, death”)
• رَوانِیٔ طَبَع (ravān-e-'taba, “continuous flow of ideas”)
• رَوانیِٔ خُون (ravān-e-xūn, “blood circulation”)
• رَہ رَوانِ مُحَبَّت (rah-ravān-e-muhabbat, “travellers of the path of love”)

Ushojo

Verb

روان (ravān)

1. to walk
2. to move