کەوان

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kamān (“arc, vault, bow”). Compare Persian کمان (kamân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kawaːn/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	kevan

کەوان (kewan)

1. bow

Derived terms

• کەوانە (kewane)

References

• Hejar (1990) “کەوان”, in Henbane borîne‎^[1], Tehran: Soroush, page 671
• Wahby, T., Edmonds, C. J. (1966) “kewan”, in A Kurdish-English Dictionary, page 75