کیوان

Persian

Dari	کیوان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кайвон

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaj.ˈwɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɑ́ːn], [kʰiː.wɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɑ́ːn], [kʰiː.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɑ́ːn], [kʰiː.wɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.wɔ́ːn], [kʰi.wɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʲej.vɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäj.vɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	kaywān
Dari reading?	kaywān, kīwān
Iranian reading?	keyvân
Tajik reading?	kayvon

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kywʾn' (kēwān), ultimately from Akkadian 𒊕𒍑 (SAG.UŠ /⁠kaiamānu, kayamānu, kajamānu⁠/, “Saturn”, literally “regular, usual, steady, staying, abiding always”).

Proper noun

کیوان • (keyvân)

1. (astronomy) Saturn

   Synonym: زحل (zohal)

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 174:

     پیشتر ز افلاک کیوان دیده‏اند
     پیشتر از دانه‏ها نان دیده‏اند

     pēš-tar as aflāk kaywan dida-and
     pēš-tar as dāna-hā nān dida-and

     Before the (creation of the) heavens they have seen Saturn,
     before the (existence of) seeds they have seen the bread.

2. a male given name, Keyvan or Kayvan, from Middle Persian

Etymology 2

Noun

کیوان • (keyvân)

1. plural of کی