خوان

See also: جوان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ و ن (ḵ-w-n).

Adjective

خَوَّان (ḵawwān) (feminine خَوَّانَة (ḵawwāna), masculine plural خَوَّانُونَ (ḵawwānūna), feminine plural خَوَّانَات (ḵawwānāt))

  1. unreliable, faithless, disloyal, treacherous, perfidious
Declension

Noun

خَوَّان (ḵawwān) m

  1. traitor
Declension

Etymology 2

From the Middle Persian equivalent of Classical Persian خوان (xvân, table).

Noun

خُوَان or خِوَان (ḵuwān or ḵiwān) m (plural أَخْوِنَة (ʾaḵwina) or أَخَاوِين (ʾaḵāwīn))

  1. table, particularly such one as is fit for dining
    • أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكُرُّجَةٍ قَطُّ، وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ، وَلَا أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ
      ʾakala ʿalā sukurrujatin qaṭṭu, wa-lā ḵubiza la-hū muraqqaqun qaṭṭu, wa-lā ʾakala ʿalā ḵiwānin
      He never ate from a side-dish plate, never had crumbled bread, and never ate on the table.
Declension
Descendants
  • Tigre: ክዋና (kəwana, elevated sleeping-spot of a shepherd)

Etymology 3

Adjective

خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) m pl

  1. masculine plural of خَائِن (ḵāʾin)

Noun

خُوَّان (ḵuwwān) m pl

  1. plural of خَائِن (ḵāʾin)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian خوان (xvân)

Noun

خوان (han, hon)

  1. a large tray which serves as a table, board where viands are processed or eaten
  2. meal, food, victuals

Etymology 2

From Persian خوان (xân).

Adjective

خوان (han)

  1. (in compounds) reading, who recites
    قرآن خوانKur'an hanQuran reader

Pashto

Etymology

From Persian خوان (xvân)

Noun

خوان (xwân) m

  1. a large tray which serves as a table

Derived terms

  • دسترخوان, دستر خوان (dastarxwân, table-cloth; a meal setting)

Persian

Etymology 1

Noun

خوان (xvân)

  1. table or large tray particularly such one as is fit for dining
Derived terms
  • دستارخوان, دستار خوان (dastârxvân, table-cloth; a meal setting)

Etymology 2

Verb

خوان (xân)

  1. present stem form of خواندن (xândan, to read)
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