ایوان
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾdywn' /ēwan/, “stalk, trunk”) Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫀𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾʾywn /āywan/, “palace”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴 (apadāna).
Noun
ایوان • (eyvân) (plural ایوانها (eyvân-hâ))
- (archaic) palace
- porch
- portico
- iwan
- balcony
- veranda
Descendants
- Tajik: айвон (ayvon)
- → Arabic: إيوان (ʾīwān)
- → English: iwan, liwan
- → Armenian: այվան (ayvan)
- → Georgian: აივანი (aivani)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: eywan (/aywān/), êwan (/ēwān/) (other forms: heywan (/haywān/), hêwan (/hēwān/))
- → Central Kurdish: ئەیوان (eywan /aywān/), ئێوان (êwan /ēwān/)
- Hindustani:
- → Hindi: ईवान (īvān), इय्वान (iyvān)
- → Urdu: ایوان (aivān)
- → Punjabi: اَیْوَان (aivān)
- → Old Azari: ایوان (/aywān/)
- → Azerbaijani: eyvan
- → Russian: айван (ajvan)
- → Belarusian: айван (ajvan)
- → Ukrainian: айва́н (ajván), ейван (ejvan)
- → Crimean Tatar: ayvan
- Turkic languages:
- → Kazakh: айуан (aiuan)
- → Kyrgyz: айван (ayvan)
- → Uzbek: ayvon
- → Ottoman Turkish: ايوان (eyvān)
- Turkish: eyvan
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: аjван, еjван
- Latin: ajvan, ejvan
- → Zazaki: eywan (/aywān/)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Russian Иван (Ivan).
Proper noun
ایوان • (ivân)
- a male given name, Ivan, from Russian
Related terms
- ایوانویچ (ivânevič)
- ایوانوف (ivânof)
References
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “ʾʾywn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
Urdu
Etymology
From Persian ایوان.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɛː.ʋɑːn/
Noun
ایوان • (aivān) m (Hindi spelling ऐवान)
- hall
- palace
- Synonym: محل (mehel)
- chamber
- porch
- gallery
References
- “ایوان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.