ژیان

See also: زیان and ژیاں

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃eti (“to live”), from the root *gʷeyh₃-.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (juuaⁱti), Persian زیستن, Pashto ژوند کول (žwënd kawël), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati). More distantly related to Ancient Greek βείομαι (beíomai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒjaːn/

Verb

Northern Kurdish	jiyan

ژیان (jyan) (present stem ژی- (jî-))

1. to live

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʒi.jɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	žiyān
Dari reading?	žiyān
Iranian reading?	žiyân
Tajik reading?	žiyon

Adjective

Dari	ژیان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	жиён

ژیان • (žiyân)

1. fierce; savage; rapacious
   • c. 1010, Abu’l-Qâsem Ferdowsi, “Manuchehr”, in Shâhnâme:

     ازین دو هنرمند پیلی ژیان
     بیاید ببندد به مردی میان
     جهان زیرپای اندر آرد به تیغ
     نهد تخت شاه از بر پشت میغ

     az în du hunarmand pîlê žiyân
     biyâyad bibandad ba mardî miyân
     jahân zîrpây andar ârad ba têğ
     nihad taxt-i šâh bar pušt-i mêğ

     From these two cultured ones, a savage elephant
     Shall come, binding manliness on his loins.
     With his blade, he shall bring the world underfoot
     And set the king’s throne atop the clouds.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ژیان (žiyān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʒə.jɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Adjective

ژَیان • (žayān) (Hindi spelling झ़यान)

1. terrible, furious, angry