شروان

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِرْوَان (širwān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃir.waːn/

Proper noun

شِرْوَان • (širwān) f

  1. Shirvan (a historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan)
    • 10th century, al-Masudi, مروج الذهب‎[1], page 5:
      مملكة شروان
      the Kingdom of Shirvan

Declension

Declension of noun شِرْوَان (širwān)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — شِرْوَان
širwān 		—
nominative — شِرْوَانُ
širwānu 		—
accusative — شِرْوَانَ
širwāna 		—
genitive — شِرْوَانَ
širwāna 		—

Derived terms

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شِرْوَان (širwān).

Proper noun

شروان • (şirvan)

  1. Shirvan (a historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan)

Derived terms

  • شروانلی (şirvanlı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Şirvan

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? širwān
Dari reading? širwān
Iranian reading? šervân
Tajik reading? širvon

Proper noun

شروان • (širwān / šervân) (Tajik spelling Ширвон)

  1. Shirvan (a historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan)
    • 1004 AH, مجدی, زینت‌المجالس‎[2], page 963:
      و شیخ ابراهیم بعد از این پنج سال دیگر در پادشاهی شروان بماند
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

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