-van

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). Compare Persian ـبان (-bân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːn/

Suffix

-van m or f (Arabic spelling ـڤان)

1. used to form nouns denoting someone who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity: -man, -er, -ist

   ‎ajot(in) (“to drive”) + ‎-van → ‎ajotvan (“driver, chauffeur”)

Declension

Declension of -van

Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	-van	-van	-van
Construct	-vana	-vanê	-vanên
Oblique	-vanê	-vanî	-vanan
Demonstrative oblique	wê -vanê	wî -vanî	wan -vanan
Vocative	-vanê	-vano	-vanino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	-vanek	-vanek	-vanin
Construct	-vaneke	-vanekî	-vanine
Oblique	-vanekê	-vanekî	-vaninan

Derived terms

Northern Kurdish terms suffixed with -van