< Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HyúHā
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₁ō.
Adjective
*HyúHā
- youthful, young
Descendants
- Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yauuan), 𐬫𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yuuan), 𐬫𐬏𐬥 (yūn)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: [Term?] (“young bull calf”) (>*HyúHān-akaH "young offspring")
- Digor: иуонæг (iwonæg)
- Iron: иуонуг (iwonug), уӕнуг (wænug, “steer”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (jva-), [script needed] (jvā)
- Ossetian: [Term?] (“young bull calf”) (>*HyúHān-akaH "young offspring")
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: ځوان (źwā́n, źëwā́n), جوان (jawā́n)
- Sanglechi: [script needed] (wānīc, “calf”)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: جوان (jawán)
- Kurdish: [Term?] (/ǰiwān/, “young; beautiful”)
- Central Kurdish: جوان (ǰiwān)
- Northern Kurdish: ciwan (ǰiwān)
- Southern Kurdish: جووان (ǰuwān)
- Medo-Parthian: [Term?]
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: جوان (ǰəvån)
- Old Mazanderani: جونه (ǰūna)
- Mazanderani: جوان (ǰavān)
- Old Median: [Term?]
- Kermanic:
- Yazdi: جون (ǰvun, “beautiful; young”)
- Zoroastrian Dari: جوون (ǰovūn, “beautiful”)
- Tatic: [Term?]
- Talysh: (/ǰıvon/)
- Arabic: جوون
- Latin: cıvon
- Old Tati:
- Old Azari: یوان (yawān)
- Harzani: javön
- Talysh: (/ǰıvon/)
- Kermanic:
- Parthian:
- Manichaean: 𐫏𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ywʾn /yuwān/, “youth, young man”)
- → Old Armenian: յաւանակ (yawanak), յովանակ (yovanak)
- Zaza-Gorani: [Term?]
- Gurani: جوان (jiwān), جوانە (jiwāna)
- Zazaki: ciwan (jiwān)
- Caspian:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: [Term?] (/ǰuwān/, “young; a youth”)
- Manichaean: 𐫋𐫇𐫀𐫗 (jwʾn)
- Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywḇʾn')
- Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮈𐮅𐮁𐮀𐮌𐮈𐮄𐮈 (ywbʾnyhy, “youth”)
- Lurish:
- Bakhtiari: جوون (ǰavūn)
- Classical Persian: جوان (ǰawān)
- Dari: جوان (ǰawān)
- Iranian Persian: جوان (ǰavān)
- Tajik: ҷавон (javon)
- → Yagnobi: ҷувон (ǰuwon)
- Hindustani:
- → Urdu: جوان (javān)
- → Hindi: जवान (javān)
- Middle Persian: [Term?] (/ǰuwān/, “young; a youth”)