طوان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

طاوان‎
تاوان‎

Etymology

Unknown. Nişanyan does not consider Old Turkic [script needed] (taban) to be related and doubts the similar Classical Syriac ܬܘܢܐ‎ (tawwān, “room”) is the origin.

Noun

طوان • (tavan)

attic

Descendants

Turkish: tavan
→ Armenian: թավան (tʿavan)
→ Albanian: tavan
→ Bulgarian: таван (tavan)
→ Greek: ταβάνι (taváni)
→ Macedonian: таван (tavan)
→ Romanian: tavan
→ Serbo-Croatian: tavan, таван

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tavan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تاوان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 481

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