аван

See also: авӑн

Chuvash

Etymology

Uncertain however there are a few theories:

  1. According to Yegorov borrowed from Persian آبادان (âbâdân), compare Uyghur [script needed] (obdan, “good”).[1]
  2. According to Fedotov borrowed from Arabic أَمَان (ʔamān, “safety, peace”).[2]
  3. Yegorov and Fedotov also suggests it may be derived from Proto-Turkic *ab-, the root of *abïn- (“to console oneself”) and *abït- (“to console”).[1][2]
  4. EDAL accepts Turkish evet as a cognate and reconstructs a hypothetical Proto-Turkic *ebe-,[3] however such a root is unattested and is not reconstructed outside of EDAL.

Adjective

аван • (avan)

  1. good, fine
    Synonyms: лайӑх (lajăh), маттур (mattur)
    Antonyms: япӑх (jap̬ăh), усал (us̬al), начар (nač̬ar)
    аван ҫын ― avan śyn ― good person
    аван мар ӗҫ ― avan mar ĕś ― ungood deed
    пит аван ― pit avan ― very good
  2. fit, suitable, well-suited, appropriate
  3. comfortable, convenient
  4. beautiful
    аван сасӑ ― avan sas̬ă ― beautiful voice

Adverb

аван • (avan)

  1. well, in a good manner
    Аван вӗренет. ― Avan vĕrenet. ― He is studying well.
    Калча аван шӑтнӑ. ― Kalč̬a avan šătnă. ― The crops have sprouted well.

Interjection

аван • (avan)

  1. okay, right, well, alright
    Аван, эп хатӗр! ― Avan, ep hat̬ĕr! ― Okay, I’m ready!

Derived terms

References
  1. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “аван”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 19
  2. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “аван”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 25
  3. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ebe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • “аван”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هاون (havan, “mortar for pounding or a military mortar”) (see Turkish havan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈavan]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

аван • (avan) m

  1. mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients)

Declension
Declension of аван
singular plural
indefinite аван авани
definite unspecified аванот аваните
definite proximal аванов аваниве
definite distal аванон аванине
vocative авану авани
count form — авана

References
  • “аван” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • “аван” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “аван”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14
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