Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/HyúHā

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₁ō.

Adjective

*HyúHā

1. youthful, young

Descendants

• Central Iranian:
  • Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yauuan), 𐬫𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yuuan), 𐬫𐬏𐬥 (yūn)
• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Ossetian: [Term?] (“young bull calf”) (>*HyúHān-akaH "young offspring")

    Digor Ossetian: иуонӕг (iwonæg)

    Iron Ossetian: иуонуг (iwonug), уӕнуг (wænug, “steer”)

  • Khotanese: [script needed] (jva-), [script needed] (jvā)
• Southeastern Iranian:
  • Pashto: ځوان (źwā́n, źëwā́n), جوان (jawā́n)
  • Sanglechi: [script needed] (wānīc, “calf”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Baluchi: جوان (jawán)
  • Proto-Kurdish: (“young; beautiful”)

    Central Kurdish: جِوان (ciwan)

    Northern Kurdish: ciwan

    Southern Kurdish: جووان (cuwan)

  • Proto-Medo-Parthian:
    • Caspian:
      • Gilaki: جوان (ǰəvån)
      • Old Mazanderani: جونه (ǰūna)
        • Mazanderani: جوان (ǰavān)
    • Old Median:
      • Kermanic:
        • Yazdi: جون (ǰvun, “beautiful; young”)
        • Zoroastrian Dari: جوون (ǰovūn, “beautiful”)
      • Proto-Tatic:
        • Talysh: (/⁠ǰıvon⁠/)

          Arabic script: جوون

          Latin script: cıvon

        • Old Tati:

          Old Azari: یوان (yawān)

          • Harzani: javön
    • Parthian:

      Manichaean script: 𐫏𐫇𐫀𐫗 (ywʾn /⁠yuwān⁠/, “youth, young man”)

      • → Old Armenian: յաւանակ (yawanak), յովանակ (yovanak)
    • Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
      • Gurani: جوان (jiwān), جوانە (jiwāna)
      • Zazaki: ciwan
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Middle Persian: (/⁠ǰuwān⁠/, “young; a youth”)

    Manichaean script: 𐫋𐫇𐫀𐫗 (jwʾn)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ywḇʾn')

    Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮈𐮅𐮁𐮀𐮌𐮈𐮄𐮈 (“youth”)

    • Lurish:

      Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)

      Bakhtiari: جڤۊ (jevu)

    • Classical Persian: جوان (ǰawān)

      Dari: جوان (ǰawān)

      Iranian Persian: جوان (ǰavān)

      Tajik: ҷавон (javon)

      • → Yagnobi: ҷувон (ǰuwon)
      • Hindustani:
        • → Urdu: جوان (javān)
        • → Hindi: जवान (javān)
      • → Bengali: জোয়ান (jōẇan)