روان

See also: زوان

Persian

Etymology 1

رو +‎ ـان; 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

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian lwbʾn (ruwān, “soul”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian rwʾn (ruwān, “soul”) and Manichaean Parthian ʾrwʾn (arwān, “soul”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀𐬥 (urvan-, “soul, self”).

Noun

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

1. soul
2. spirit

Synonyms

• روح (ruh)

Derived terms

• روانی (ravâni)
• روان‌پریش (ravân-pariš)
• روان‌پریشی (ravân-pariši)
• روان‌کاو (ravân-kâvi)
• 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.