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civan.

young

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

adj/d͡ʒiˈvan/
  1. young

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جوان, from Classical Persian جِوَان (jiwān). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, thus a doublet of jön. Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (yauuan), Latin iuvenis, Lithuanian jaunas, English young, Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan), Irish óg.

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