айван

Chuvash

Etymology

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    Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.
    Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.
    Chuvash айван (ajvan)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

    Adjective

    айван • (ajvan)

    1. stupid, unreasonable
    2. naïve, aloof

    Derived terms

    • айванлӑх (ajvanlăh)

    References

    • “айван”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
    • Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “айван”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 22

    Nogai

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor.
    Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor.
    Nogai айван (ayvan)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).

    Noun

    айван • (ayvan)

    1. animal
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