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

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)