ژوان

ژوان

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

• ژووان‎ (juwan) – misspelling

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒwaːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	jivan

ژوان (jwan)

1. tryst; date, appointment

Derived terms

• جێژوان‎ (cêjwan)
• ژوانگە‎ (jwange)

Descendants

• → Persian: ژوان‎ (žovân)

References

• îbrahîmpûr, muḧemedteqî (2008), “ژوان”, in ferhengî kurdî-înglîzî [Kurdish–English Dictionary], Tehran: suha, page 582
• Qazzaz, Shafiq (2000), “ژووان”, in The Sharezoor Kurdish–English dictionary, Erbil: Aras Press and Publishers, page 329
• Kurdojev, K. K.; Jusupova, Z. A. (1983), “ژووان”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ (sorani) [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary (Sorani)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 364
• Wahby, T.; Edmonds, C. J. (1966), “juwan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 70

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Persian

Etymology

From Central Kurdish ژوان‎ (jwan, “tryst”).

Proper noun

ژوان • (žovân)

1. A female given name, Zhovan.