تاوان

Ottoman Turkish

تاوان

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Nişanyan does not consider Old Turkic [script needed] (taban) to be related and doubts the similar Classical Syriac ܬܘܢܐ (tawwān, room) is the origin.

Noun

تاوان • (tavan)

  1. ceiling, the overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room
    Synonym: سقف (sekf)

Derived terms

  • آغز تاوانی (ağız tavanı, palate of the mouth)
  • تاوان آراسی (tavan arası, space between the ceiling and the roof)
  • تاوان دلیكی (tavan deliği, oculus, skylight)
  • تاوان سوپورگه‌سی (tavan süpürgesi, ceiling broom)
  • تاوان گوبكی (tavan göbeği, central ornament of a ceiling)
  • تاوانلامق (tavanlamak, to ceil)
  • تاوانلتمق (tavanlatmak, to make or let be ceiled)
  • تاوانلنمق (tavanlanmak, to be ceiled)
  • تكنه تاوان (tekne tavan, concave ceiling)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tavan
  • Albanian: tavan
  • Armenian: թավան (tʻavan)
  • Bulgarian: таван (tavan)
  • Crimean Tatar: tavan
  • Greek: ταβάνι (taváni)
  • Macedonian: таван (tavan)
  • Romanian: tavan
  • Serbo-Croatian: tavan, таван

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (t'dw'n' / tāvān, "compensation, obligation.")

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː.wɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔː.wɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? tāwān
Dari reading? tāwān
Iranian reading? tâvân
Tajik reading? tovon

Noun

تاوان • (tâvân) (plural تاوان ها (tâvân-hâ))

  1. punishment, penalty, compensation.

References

Mackenzie, D. N. (1971) A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. p. 82. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian تاوان (tâvân).

Noun

تاوان (tāvān)

  1. loss, damage
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