ژیان

See also: زیان and ژیاں

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáyHati, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃eti (“to live”), from the root *gʷeyh₃-.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬘𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (juuaiti), Persian زیستن, Pashto ژوند کول (žwënd kawël), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati). More distantly related to Ancient Greek βείομαι (beíomai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒjaːn/

Verb
Northern Kurdish jiyan

ژیان (jyan) (present stem ژی- (jî-))

  1. to live

Persian

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʒi.jɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʒi.jɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? žiyān
Dari reading? žiyān
Iranian reading? žiyân
Tajik reading? žiyon

Adjective
Dari ژیان
Iranian Persian
Tajik жиён

ژیان • (žiyân)

  1. fierce; savage; rapacious
    • c. 1010, Abu’l-Qâsem Ferdowsi, “Manuchehr”, in Shâhnâme:
      ازین دو هنرمند پیلی ژیان
      بیاید ببندد به مردی میان
      جهان زیرپای اندر آرد به تیغ
      نهد تخت شاه از بر پشت میغ
      az în du hunarmand pîlê žiyân
      biyâyad bibandad ba mardî miyân
      jahân zîrpây andar ârad ba têğ
      nihad taxt-i šâh bar pušt-i mêğ
      From these two cultured ones, a savage elephant
      Shall come, binding manliness on his loins.
      With his blade, he shall bring the world underfoot
      And set the king’s throne atop the clouds.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ژیان (žiyān).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ژَیان • (žayān) (Hindi spelling झ़यान)

  1. terrible, furious, angry
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