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))

  1. (archaic) palace
  2. porch
  3. portico
  4. iwan
  5. balcony
  6. veranda
Descendants
  • Tajik: айвон (ayvon)
  • Arabic: إيوان (ʔīwān)
  • 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)
  • Old Azari: ایوان (/aywān/)
  • 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 script: аjван, еjван
      Latin script: ajvan, ejvan
  • Zazaki: eywan (/aywān/)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Иван (Ivan).

Proper noun

ایوان (ivân)

  1. a male given name, Ivan, from Russian
  • 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

Noun

ایوان (aivān) m (Hindi spelling ऐवान)

  1. hall
  2. palace
    Synonym: محل (mehel)
  3. chamber
  4. porch
  5. gallery

References

  • ایوان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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